Cannibalism in the colonial imaginary
A reading of Joseph Conrad's “Falk”
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 20156103 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Harry Sewlall (University of South Africa, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2006 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Fascículo | 1-2 |
| Páginas | 158-174 |
| Data de publicação | 2006-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Journal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387 |
| Editora | Unisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02564710608530395 |
| OpenAlex | W2167529601 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 2 |
| Referências citadas | 15 |
Together with terms such as “savage”, “child” and “simpleton”, the word “cannibal” has played a significant role in the lexicon of colonial discourse as a signifier of alterity. Using Peter Hulme's thesis on the origin of the term “cannibal” as an anchor, this essay explores the fraught relationship between anthropophagy and the discourses surrounding the topic of cannibalism. As a point of articulation, I shall examine the short story “Falk” by Joseph Conrad in which a European protagonist confesses to the act of cannibalism in extremis. Reading the story contrapuntally, this essay interrogates the circumstances around Falk's “crime”, unravelling the narrator's own preconceptions and prejudices which feed into society's fixation with labels and stereotypes such as “savages” and “cannibals”
Archaeology · Art · Cannibalism · Close reading · Colonialism · Linguistics · Literature · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · The Imaginary · History · Joseph Conrad and Literature · Philosophy · Psychology · Geology
| Obras citantes distintas | 2 |
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| Citações por ano | 0,14 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2012 - 2014 (3) |
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 2 |