Cannibal democracy : race and representation in the literature of the Americas /
Nunes, Zita.
Minneapolis, Minn. ; London : University of Minnesota Press,
c2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-200) and index.
United by anthropophagism -- Bringing in the dead : nostalgia and the refusal of loss in Gilberto Freyre's Casa Grande e Senzala -- The foreigner and the remainder -- The new Negro and the turn to South America -- The remainder is a reminder : cannibalizing the remains of the past.
American literature
Brazilian literature
Caribbean literature
Metaphor.
Cannibalism in literature.
Race relations in literature.
Democracy in literature.