Anthropophagy: Habit and Ritual in Latin America

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Delia Martínez

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This paper discusses two possible interpretations of cultural anthropophagy (or literary cannibalism) based on Oswald de Andrade’s Manifiesto Antropofágico, which was written in the context of the Brazilian modernist movement. Accepting the definition arising from cultural studies that conceive the phenomenon of anthropophagy as the assimilation of European culture by Latin American culture, the various forms of this process of cultural exchange are examined, with emphasis on studies that focus on a Latin American identity

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Delia Martínez, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
mdmartin@puc.cl