Cannibalism in the colonial imaginary
A reading of Joseph Conrad's “Falk”
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 20156103 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Harry Sewlall (University of South Africa, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2006 |
| Volumen | 22 |
| Número | 1-2 |
| Páginas | 158-174 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2006-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Journal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387 |
| Editorial | Unisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02564710608530395 |
| OpenAlex | W2167529601 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 2 |
| Referencias 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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| Citas por año | 0,14 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2012 - 2014 (3) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 2 |