A Politics of Auto-Cannibalism: Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale
This article re-opens the debate concerning the biblical intertexts of The Handmaid's Tale, turning to the analogy between the theocratic Gilead and Nazi Germany via the novel's evocations of biblical sacrifices, including that of the Passover lamb - an intertextual entanglement which stil...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2016]
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Literature and theology
Anno: 2016, Volume: 30, Fascicolo: 4, Pagine: 410-425 |
| Notazioni IxTheo: | CD Cristianesimo; cultura CG Cristianesimo e politica KBB Area germanofona TK Età contemporanea |
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| Riepilogo: | This article re-opens the debate concerning the biblical intertexts of The Handmaid's Tale, turning to the analogy between the theocratic Gilead and Nazi Germany via the novel's evocations of biblical sacrifices, including that of the Passover lamb - an intertextual entanglement which still remains unexamined today, in 2015, the year that marks the thirtieth anniversary of the novel's publication. Both the Passover sacrifice and The Handmaid's Tale, I will argue, present us with a figurative self-consumption that points to a politics of 'autocannibalism', which illuminates the parallel between Gilead and Nazi Germany whilst fleshing out its implications on Atwood's treatment of the tripartite connection between politics, sacrifice, and eating. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frv030 |
