{"product_id":"eating-their-words-kristen-guest-9780791450895","title":"Eating Their Words: Cannibalism and the Boundaries of Cultural Identity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamines the figure of the cannibal as it relates to cultural identity in a wide range of literary and cultural texts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinking cannibalism to issues of difference crucial to contemporary literary criticism and theory, the essays included here cover material from a variety of contexts and historical periods and approach their subjects from a range of critical perspectives. Along with such canonical works as The Odyssey, The Faerie Queene, and Robinson Crusoe, the contributors also discuss lesser known works, including a version of the Victorian melodrama Sweeny Todd, as well as contemporary postcolonial and postmodern novels by Margaret Atwood and Ian Wedde. Taken together, these essays re-theorize the relationship between cannibalism and cultural identity, making cannibalism meaningful within new critical and cultural horizons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors include Mark Buchan, Santiago Colas, Marlene Goldman, Brian Greenspan, Kristen Guest, Minaz Jooma, Robert Viking O'Brien, Geoffrey Sanborn, and Julia M. Wright.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kristen Guest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791450899\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791450895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.32w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2002 pg. 1042","brand":"Kristen Guest","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49096725496063,"sku":"9780791450895","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/eating-their-words-kristen-guest-9780791450895","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}