Violence and the consumption of bodies in Tender is the Flesh, by Agustina Bazterrica

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Autor(a) principal: Costa, Priscilla
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Schneider, Liane
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Revista odisséia
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufrn.br/odisseia/article/view/32255
Resumo: The book Tender is the Flesh, by Argentine writer Agustina Bazterrica, depicts a society in which a virus has spread among animals across the planet, making their flesh deadly to humans. Pressured by the meat industry, governments across the world sanction the breeding and reproduction of human beings as animals for slaughter and we are gradually introduced to the inner workings of a society where cannibalism is legalized. This article seeks to analyze this dystopian narrative through the lens of capitalist realism as proposed by Mark Fisher and discuss the instrumentalization of language and the representation of gender violence in the book considering the concept of absent referent as applied by Carol J. Adams. As a work of contemporary Latin American speculative fiction, we seek to investigate the parallels the book establishes with current social configurations and reflect on social roles often associated with the dystopian genre.
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spelling Violence and the consumption of bodies in Tender is the Flesh, by Agustina BazterricaViolência e consumo de corpos na distopia Saboroso Cadáver, de Agustina BazterricaDystopiaCapitalist realismGender violenceDistopiaRealismo capitalistaViolência de gêneroThe book Tender is the Flesh, by Argentine writer Agustina Bazterrica, depicts a society in which a virus has spread among animals across the planet, making their flesh deadly to humans. Pressured by the meat industry, governments across the world sanction the breeding and reproduction of human beings as animals for slaughter and we are gradually introduced to the inner workings of a society where cannibalism is legalized. This article seeks to analyze this dystopian narrative through the lens of capitalist realism as proposed by Mark Fisher and discuss the instrumentalization of language and the representation of gender violence in the book considering the concept of absent referent as applied by Carol J. Adams. As a work of contemporary Latin American speculative fiction, we seek to investigate the parallels the book establishes with current social configurations and reflect on social roles often associated with the dystopian genre.O livro Saboroso Cadáver, da escritora argentina Agustina Bazterrica, retrata uma sociedade em que um vírus se espalhou entre os animais de todo o planeta, tornando sua carne mortal aos humanos. Pressionados pela indústria da carne, os governos do mundo legalizam a criação e reprodução de seres humanos como animais de abate e somos gradualmente apresentados ao funcionamento de uma sociedade em que o canibalismo é legalizado. Este artigo busca analisar esta narrativa distópica a partir do conceito de realismo capitalista proposto por Mark Fisher e discutir a instrumentalização da linguagem e a representação da violência de gênero no livro à luz do conceito de referente ausente conforme aplicado por Carol J. Adams. Enquanto literatura de ficção especulativa latino-americana contemporânea, pretende-se investigar os paralelos que o livro estabelece com a configuração atual da sociedade, refletindo sobre funções sociais frequentemente associadas ao gênero distópico.UFRN2023-11-30info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.ufrn.br/odisseia/article/view/3225510.21680/1983-2435.2023v8nEspecialID32255Odisseia; Vol. 8 No. Especial (2023): Literatura e Violência: trauma, melancolia e resistência; 343-362Revue Odisseia; Vol. 8 No. Especial (2023): Literatura e Violência: trauma, melancolia e resistência; 343-362Revista Odisseia; v. 8 n. Especial (2023): Literatura e Violência: trauma, melancolia e resistência; 343-3621983-243510.21680/1983-2435.2023v8nEspecialreponame:Revista odisséiainstname:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)instacron:UFRNporhttps://periodicos.ufrn.br/odisseia/article/view/32255/17887Copyright (c) 2023 Revista Odisseiahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCosta, PriscillaSchneider, Liane 2023-11-30T23:36:55Zoai:periodicos.ufrn.br:article/32255Revistahttps://periodicos.ufrn.br/odisseia/indexPUBhttps://periodicos.ufrn.br/odisseia/oai||revistaodisseia2016@gmail.com1983-24351983-2435opendoar:2023-11-30T23:36:55Revista odisséia - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Violence and the consumption of bodies in Tender is the Flesh, by Agustina Bazterrica
Violência e consumo de corpos na distopia Saboroso Cadáver, de Agustina Bazterrica
title Violence and the consumption of bodies in Tender is the Flesh, by Agustina Bazterrica
spellingShingle Violence and the consumption of bodies in Tender is the Flesh, by Agustina Bazterrica
Costa, Priscilla
Dystopia
Capitalist realism
Gender violence
Distopia
Realismo capitalista
Violência de gênero
title_short Violence and the consumption of bodies in Tender is the Flesh, by Agustina Bazterrica
title_full Violence and the consumption of bodies in Tender is the Flesh, by Agustina Bazterrica
title_fullStr Violence and the consumption of bodies in Tender is the Flesh, by Agustina Bazterrica
title_full_unstemmed Violence and the consumption of bodies in Tender is the Flesh, by Agustina Bazterrica
title_sort Violence and the consumption of bodies in Tender is the Flesh, by Agustina Bazterrica
author Costa, Priscilla
author_facet Costa, Priscilla
Schneider, Liane
author_role author
author2 Schneider, Liane
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Costa, Priscilla
Schneider, Liane
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Dystopia
Capitalist realism
Gender violence
Distopia
Realismo capitalista
Violência de gênero
topic Dystopia
Capitalist realism
Gender violence
Distopia
Realismo capitalista
Violência de gênero
description The book Tender is the Flesh, by Argentine writer Agustina Bazterrica, depicts a society in which a virus has spread among animals across the planet, making their flesh deadly to humans. Pressured by the meat industry, governments across the world sanction the breeding and reproduction of human beings as animals for slaughter and we are gradually introduced to the inner workings of a society where cannibalism is legalized. This article seeks to analyze this dystopian narrative through the lens of capitalist realism as proposed by Mark Fisher and discuss the instrumentalization of language and the representation of gender violence in the book considering the concept of absent referent as applied by Carol J. Adams. As a work of contemporary Latin American speculative fiction, we seek to investigate the parallels the book establishes with current social configurations and reflect on social roles often associated with the dystopian genre.
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