Abstract:Jennifer Brown, Cannibalism in Literature and Film, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013; 272 pp.; ISBN 978-0-230-36051-8, £61.00 (hbk)
Reviewed by Simon Hobbs, University of PortsmouthCannibalism, as both a crime and cultural subject, is heavily steeped in taboo and stigma. Therefore, the word itself carries a series of connotations which inherently invokes a sensationalist reading linked to notions of violence and criminality. The use of the word in Jennifer Brown's Cannibalism in Literature and Film (2013… Show more
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