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Geoffrey Sanborn and
Donald E. Pease (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Duke Univ Pr
Publication date
September 1, 1998
Pages
264
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780822321187
ISBN-10
0822321181
Dimensions
0.75 by 6 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1 lbs.
Original list price
$23.95
Other format details
university press
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In The Sign of the Cannibal Geoffrey Sanborn offers a major reassessment of the work of Herman Melville, a definitive history of the post-Enlightenment discourse on cannibalism, and a provocative contribution to postcolonial theory. These investigations not only explore midânineteenth century resistance to the colonial enterprise but argue that Melville, using the discourse on cannibalism to critique colonialism, contributed to the production of resistance.
Sanborn focuses on the representations of cannibalism in three of Melvilleâs key textsâTypee, Moby-Dick, and âBenito Cereno.â Drawing on accounts of Pacific voyages from two centuries and virtually the entire corpus of the post-Enlightenment discourse on cannibalism, he shows how Melville used his narratives to work through the ways in which cannibalism had been understood. In so doing, argues Sanborn, Melville sought to move his readers through stages of possible responses to the phenomenon in order to lead them to consider alternatives to established assumptions and conventionsâto understand that in the savage they see primarily their own fear and fascination. Melville thus becomes a narrator of the postcolonial encounter as he uncovers the dynamic of dread and menace that marks the Western construction of the ânon-savageâ human.
Extending the work of Slavoj Zizek and Homi Bhabha while providing significant new insights into the work of Melville, The Sign of the Cannibal represents a breakthrough for students and scholars of postcolonial theory, American literary history, critical anthropology, race, and masculinity.
Sanborn focuses on the representations of cannibalism in three of Melvilleâs key textsâTypee, Moby-Dick, and âBenito Cereno.â Drawing on accounts of Pacific voyages from two centuries and virtually the entire corpus of the post-Enlightenment discourse on cannibalism, he shows how Melville used his narratives to work through the ways in which cannibalism had been understood. In so doing, argues Sanborn, Melville sought to move his readers through stages of possible responses to the phenomenon in order to lead them to consider alternatives to established assumptions and conventionsâto understand that in the savage they see primarily their own fear and fascination. Melville thus becomes a narrator of the postcolonial encounter as he uncovers the dynamic of dread and menace that marks the Western construction of the ânon-savageâ human.
Extending the work of Slavoj Zizek and Homi Bhabha while providing significant new insights into the work of Melville, The Sign of the Cannibal represents a breakthrough for students and scholars of postcolonial theory, American literary history, critical anthropology, race, and masculinity.
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Hardcover
from Duke Univ Pr (September 1, 1998)
9780822321026 | details & prices | 254 pages | 6.52 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $84.95
Paperback
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With Donald E. Pease (other contributor) |
from Duke Univ Pr (September 1, 1998)
9780822321187 | details & prices | 264 pages | 6.00 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $23.95
About: In The Sign of the Cannibal Geoffrey Sanborn offers a major reassessment of the work of Herman Melville, a definitive history of the post-Enlightenment discourse on cannibalism, and a provocative contribution to postcolonial theory.
About: In The Sign of the Cannibal Geoffrey Sanborn offers a major reassessment of the work of Herman Melville, a definitive history of the post-Enlightenment discourse on cannibalism, and a provocative contribution to postcolonial theory.
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