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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:
  • 9780822321187
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 272
  • Published:
  • August 6, 1998
  • Dimensions:
  • 151x237x20 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 442 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 26, 2024
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025

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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