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Cannibalism as a Metaphor of Consumerism in David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas

Krisztán, Daniella (2019) Cannibalism as a Metaphor of Consumerism in David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas. EGER JOURNAL OF ENGLISH STUDIES, 19. pp. 99-114. ISSN 1786-5638 (Print), 2060-9159 (Online)

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Abstract

This paper explores the representation of cannibalism in David Mitchell’s novel, Cloud Atlas, and delineates two levels on which it appears; the first context portrays cannibalistic tribes, while the second one displays an industry of producing and recycling human clones as fast food. In addition, this analysis focuses on the confrontation of what it means to be civilized or savage, and on the emerging social issues revolving around consumer culture, as the juxtaposition of consumer society and the figure of the cannibal challenges the concept of consumer society by questioning if it is civilised at all or not.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: cannibal, consumer society, consumer culture, materialism, environ- mental degradation
Subjects: P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PR English literature / angol irodalom
Depositing User: Tibor Gál
Date Deposited: 14 May 2020 10:21
Last Modified: 03 Apr 2023 06:48
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/108814

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