Dystopic Anthropophagy of a Country in Crisis

Authors

  • Beatriz Azevedo Universidade Estadual de Campinas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-3867.v19i1p47-63

Keywords:

Anthropophagy, Dystopia, Oswald de Andrade, The candle king

Abstract

This is an essay on dystopian anthropophagy in a country in perpetual crisis, starting from the play The candle king, seeking to reveal it as a “negative” version of the utopias of the Manifesto Antropófago of 1928. Exposing Oswald de Andrade’s conception of what he called “low anthropophagy”, this essay differentiates Anthropophagy (in the ritual sense as symbolic economy of alterity) from Cannibalism (in the sense of capitalist degradation and exploitation).

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Author Biography

  • Beatriz Azevedo, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

    Doutora em Artes da Cena Universidade Estadual de Campinas Artista e pesquisadora www.beatrizazevedo.com

Published

2019-08-30

Issue

Section

SALA ABERTA

How to Cite

Azevedo, B. (2019). Dystopic Anthropophagy of a Country in Crisis. Sala Preta, 19(1), 47-63. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-3867.v19i1p47-63