- PII
- S0869-54150000392-4-1
- DOI
- 10.7868/S50000392-4-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Volume/ Edition
- Volume / Issue 6
- Pages
- 6-21
- Abstract
- The article discusses cinematographic representations of cannibalism: from the first screen cannibals in silent films to the post-apocalyptic cannibal of the present. The interpretations of this theme that had been set at the dawn of cinema - metaphorical cannibalism (Greed), survival cannibalism (Gold Rush), colonial cannibalism (West of Zanzibar), deferred cannibalism, and cannibalism per se (Sweeney Todd) - in many ways defined the framework for further on-screen life of cannibals. The author examines different paradigms of cannibalism in movies and various conversions of the cannibal which is assuming an international and universalistic shape in contemporary cinema.
- Keywords
- cannibalism, cinema, cannibal film, survival film, colonial cannibal, postapocalyptic cannibal, metaphor of cannibalism
- Date of publication
- 20.10.2025
- Year of publication
- 2025
- Number of purchasers
- 1
- Views
- 639
RAS Social ScienceСоциологические исследования Sotsialogicheski issledovania
- ISSN (Print) 0132-1625
- ISSN (Online) 3034-6010
Showtime for Cannibals
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