{"product_id":"the-sign-of-the-cannibal-9780822321026","title":"The Sign of the Cannibal","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sanborn gives us a systematic, lucid, and thoroughly engaging analysis of the colonial response to cannibalism that illuminates the culture while shedding new light on Melville’s works from \u003ci\u003eTypee\u003c\/i\u003e to ‘Benito Cereno.’”—John Bryant, Hofstra University\u003cbr\u003e“With a rare precision and insight, Sanborn offers a series of intricate, resonant, and iconoclastic readings of Melville’s texts. \u003ci\u003eThe Sign of the Cannibal\u003c\/i\u003e is incisive, illuminating, and beautifully written.”—Samuel Otter, University of California at Berkeley","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406020845911,"sku":"9780822321026","price":74.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-sign-of-the-cannibal-9780822321026","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}