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The Sign of the Cannibal

- Melville and the Making of a Postcolonial Reader

About The Sign of the Cannibal

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. This title focuses on the representations of cannibalism in three of Melville's key texts-Typee, Moby-Dick, and "Benito Cereno."

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780822321026
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 272
  • Published:
  • August 6, 1998
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 19, 2024

Description of The Sign of the Cannibal

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. This title focuses on the representations of cannibalism in three of Melville's key texts-Typee, Moby-Dick, and "Benito Cereno."

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