Blood, Cannibalistic Desire, and Embodying the Other
Artaud's and Leiris's Anthropological Encounters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10614219 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Xiaofan Amy Li (0000-0001-8053-9927, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 133 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1026-1051 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Language Notes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0149-6611 • E-ISSN: 2326-1978 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/mln.2018.0065 |
| OpenAlex | W2895334808 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
This article explores the themes of blood and cannibalist consumption in Artaud's and Leiris's anthropological writings in Mexico and Africa. Confronted with the disquieting questions about subjectivity and ontological status raised by their encounters with the non-European other, Artaud and Leiris undergo profoundly transformative experiences via blood and cannibalism. By examining how blood functions as a sign of perspectival shift between different ontologies and as an aesthetic value, the article argues that through thinking, performing, and bleeding blood, Artaud and Leiris find new ways to relate to the other and subvert power hierarchies, thereby creating new bodily and aesthetic experiences
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Power (physics) · Sociology · Subjectivity · Transformative learning · Anthropology · French Literature and Poetry · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Literature, Magical Realism, García Márquez · Philosophy
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