A Discussion of Speciesism and Cannibalism in Agustina Bazterrica's Tender is the Flesh
| dc.contributor.author | Ozmen, Cansu Ozge | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-10-29T17:59:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-10-29T17:59:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.department | Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi | |
| dc.description.abstract | This article explores the representation of cannibalism in a contemporary Argentinian novels and reveal how the motif is employed as one of humans' ultimate fears: to be treated like animals. As anthropocentric point of view inevitably enables speciesism, and since through similar hierarchical structures, humans justify their domination over each other through class stratification, the discriminatory discourses that perpetuate human aggression towards humans and animals do not stem from completely distinct psychological processes. Justification of violence, mass massacres, killing and exploiting animals, their transformation into normative human behavior requires the utilization of very similar defense mechanisms. Tender is the Flesh presents a world where animal meat becomes inedible after a pandemic and animal agriculture is transformed into a cannibalistic business. Humans who are raised for meat are called heads. Cannibalism and its maintenance, and the language used to refer to the practice are closely monitored by an autocratic government, and the cognitive dissonance people might experience as a result of their participation in a violent process is kept under control. The article provides a close reading of the novel by highlighting how cannibalism is rendered normal and natural through psychological mechanisms such as dehumanization, objectification, and deindividualization. | |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 175 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1949-8519 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2154-6711 | |
| dc.identifier.issue | 1 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 160 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11776/14897 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 16 | |
| dc.identifier.wos | WOS:001209149300004 | |
| dc.identifier.wosquality | N/A | |
| dc.indekslendigikaynak | Web of Science | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Knowledge Hub Publ Co Ltd | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Forum For World Literature Studies | |
| dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | en_US |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess | |
| dc.subject | Critical Animal Studies | |
| dc.subject | anthropocentricism | |
| dc.subject | dehumanization | |
| dc.subject | dystopia | |
| dc.subject | Argentinian literature | |
| dc.title | A Discussion of Speciesism and Cannibalism in Agustina Bazterrica's Tender is the Flesh | |
| dc.type | Article |
