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Eat the Poor: The Cannibalistic System of Capitalism, Patriarchy, and Speciesism in Bazterrica\u27s Tender Is the Flesh
No full textTender is the Flesh (originale title: Cadáver Exquisito is a dystopian novel written in 2017. Argentinian author Agustina Bazterrica imagined a world where cannibalism is legal but disguised. After a pandemic that led to the extermination of animals, society began the “transition” to the “special meat”: human meat. The first “specimens” to be selected to be “bred” came from marginalized and impoverished communities. Based on a strong manipulation of language, a deep socio-political process of dehumanization convinced public opinion that human “heads” (deprived not only of their rights but also of their voices, since their vocal cords are cut out) are to be considered as edible animals. Also brutally reflecting on the current meat production system, Tender Is the Flesh satirically shows the extremes to which hegemonic capitalism can go, marginalizing and oppressing both environment and otherness (women, the poor, animals, etc.). Through the story of Marcos and his abused “female head” Jasmine (Jasmín in the original text), Bazterrica shows us that “the domination of nature by man stems from the very real domination of human by human” (Bookchin Ecology 1). The article analyzes four main themes: 1) the processes that lead to the biopolitical hierarchies of bodies, exposing society’s privileges, double standards, structural injustice, and mechanisms of exploitation, 2) the influence of racism, social status, patriarchy, speciesism, and economic factors in the construction and repression of otherness, 3) the use of language and (forced) silence in real and fictional forms of cannibalistic thanatopolitics, and 4) the Animal Studies and ecocritical perspectives within the book.Tender is the Flesh (originale title: Cadáver Exquisito is a dystopian novel written in 2017. Argentinian author Agustina Bazterrica imagined a world where cannibalism is legal but disguised. After a pandemic that led to the extermination of animals, society began the “transition” to the “special meat”: human meat. The first “specimens” to be selected to be “bred” came from marginalized and impoverished communities. Based on a strong manipulation of language, a deep socio-political process of dehumanization convinced public opinion that human “heads” (deprived not only of their rights but also of their voices, since their vocal cords are cut out) are to be considered as edible animals. Also brutally reflecting on the current meat production system, Tender Is the Flesh satirically shows the extremes to which hegemonic capitalism can go, marginalizing and oppressing both environment and otherness (women, the poor, animals, etc.). Through the story of Marcos and his abused “female head” Jasmine (Jasmín in the original text), Bazterrica shows us that “the domination of nature by man stems from the very real domination of human by human” (Bookchin Ecology 1). The article analyzes four main themes: 1) the processes that lead to the biopolitical hierarchies of bodies, exposing society’s privileges, double standards, structural injustice, and mechanisms of exploitation, 2) the influence of racism, social status, patriarchy, speciesism, and economic factors in the construction and repression of otherness, 3) the use of language and (forced) silence in real and fictional forms of cannibalistic thanatopolitics, and 4) the Animal Studies and ecocritical perspectives within the book
Eat the poor: the cannibalistic system of capitalism, patriarchy, and speciesism in Bazterrica's "Tender is the flesh"
No full textTender is the Flesh (originale title: Cadáver Exquisito is a dystopian novel written in 2017. Argentinian author Agustina Bazterrica imagined a world where cannibalism is legal but disguised. After a pandemic that led to the extermination of animals, society began the “transition” to the “special meat”: human meat. The first “specimens” to be selected to be “bred” came from marginalized and impoverished communities. Based on a strong manipulation of language, a deep socio-political process of dehumanization convinced public opinion that human “heads” (deprived not only of their rights but also of their voices, since their vocal cords are cut out) are to be considered as edible animals. Also brutally reflecting on the current meat production system, Tender Is the Flesh satirically shows the extremes to which hegemonic capitalism can go, marginalizing and oppressing both environment and otherness (women, the poor, animals, etc.). Through the story of Marcos and his abused “female head” Jasmine (Jasmín in the original text), Bazterrica shows us that “the domination of nature by man stems from the very real domination of human by human” (Bookchin Ecology 1). The article analyzes four main themes: 1) the processes that lead to the biopolitical hierarchies of bodies, exposing society’s privileges, double standards, structural injustice, and mechanisms of exploitation, 2) the influence of racism, social status, patriarchy, speciesism, and economic factors in the construction and repression of otherness, 3) the use of language and (forced) silence in real and fictional forms of cannibalistic thanatopolitics, and 4) the Animal Studies and ecocritical perspectives within the book
Entre el malson i la realitat. Reflexions distòpiques sobre la societat contemporània
Full text linkBetween Nightmare and Reality: Dystopian Reflections on the Contemporary Society
Resum: Per mitjà de la narració de fantasia i de ciència ficció, la utopia i la distopia promouen una anàlisi crítica de la realitat. En particular, la distopia ens alerta de les possibles conseqüències catastròfiques derivades de problemes sociopolítics existents i contribueix a la reflexió constructiva sobre les amenaces antidemocràtiques que posen en perill la nostra societat. Aquest article examina la representació de l’autoritat, la coacció, la propaganda, la plasmació, l’espai i el llenguatge en distopies sociopolítiques seleccionades i reconegudes, com Nosaltres de Zamiatin, Un món feliç de Huxley, La nit de l’esvàstica de Burdekin, 1984 d’Orwell i El conte de la serventa de Atwood, i compara aquestes ficcions amb esdeveniments històrics i contemporanis, amb l'esperança d’il·luminar la manera real en què el poder opera sobre els cossos i les ments en sistemes tant repressius com liberals.
Abstract: Through fantasy and science fiction storytelling, utopia and dystopia promote a critical analysis of reality. In particular, dystopia warns against the possible nightmarish consequences of factual socio-political issues, as well as it fosters a constructive and thought-provoking reflection on the undemocratic threats that jeopardize our society. This article examines the representation of authority, coercion, propaganda, embodiment, space, and language in selected and renowned socio-political dystopias, including Zamyatin’s We, Huxley’s Brave New World, Burdekin’s Swastika Night, Orwell’s 1984, and Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, and it subsequently compares these fictional depictions with historical and contemporary events, hoping to shed light on the real way that power operates on bodies and minds both in repressive and liberal systems.
Paraules clau: distopia, utopia, control, violència, realització
Keywords: Dystopia, Utopia, Control, Violence, Embodiment
La comuna Oneida y el «amor libre»
No full textDurante todo el siglo XIX, como reacción al proceso capitalista expansivo y socialmente degradante de la Revolución Industrial, surgieron diferentes «visiones» que desde pensamientos mesiánicos o social revolucionarios (socialistas utópicos) promulgaron la posibilidad de construcción de comunidades más justas y equilibradas, normalmente al margen del statu quo y de lo que la sociedad puritana victoriana consideraba adecuado para las correctas costumbres sociales y la rectitud moral de la época. Esta «corrección» social afectaba al comportamiento en el ámbito privado de las personas, y de una manera mucho más perversa, también al comportamiento público en las relaciones de poder marcadas por una doble y cínica moral de normas éticas no escritas y de explotación laboral en contratos de trabajo no redactados. Como ejemplo de estas posibilidades se pueden incluir las conocidas doctrinas «neo cristianas-sociales» de Saint-Simon (1760-1825), las experiencias comunitarias en los falansterios de Charles Fourier (1772-1837), los planteamientos de fábricas socialmente justas de Robert Owen (1771-1858) o las congregaciones icarianas de Étienne Cabet (1788-1856) entre otros. La comuna de Oneida es un caso especial dentro de las diferentes experiencias sociales utópicas por su óptimo funcionamiento y por la defensa de la libertad de encuentros sexuales.Depto. de Diseño e ImagenFac. de Bellas ArtesTRUEpu
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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