#from communion to cannibalism: an anatomy of metaphors of incorporation

[breathofgod]

#maggie kilgour #from communion to cannibalism: an anatomy of metaphors of incorporation #this got a little giggle out of me

[cr0wseye]

From Communion to Cannibalism: An Anatomy of Metaphors of Incorporation by Maggie Kilgour || a hunger like no other by Sk Osborn || Maybe if I Rip a Few Things Apart With My Teeth, I'll Feel Better by Schuyler Peck || Dancing Girls: Stories; Lives of the Poets - Margaret Atwood || Here is How to Prepare a Heart For Eating by Johanna Lundin (transcribed from Swedish) || Heart, Lungs, Adrenal Gland by werewolfmilk (tumblr deactivated)

On C!Quackity and Hunger

#web weave #dsmp web weaving #c!quackity #tw cannibalism #this is my first web weave so hope this is how this works lol

[breitzbachbea]

heyyyy, wdym you love familial cannibalism 💀

GRAND thing as metaphor in literature and mythology. Just as a human way of thinking. I love familial cannibalism as something loving, as wanting to be literally one with your blood after they passed by ingesting them again (funerary cannibalism), I also love it as a fucked up tale of being too close for comfort. Saturn devouring his son, killing and eating the father to eliminate him as a threat and take his place. The family unit is the smallest society we get in many models about what society and states and communities even are, so there is so much potential to explore these dynamics in ways that involve teeth.

TLDR: Read From Communion to Cannibalism. An Anatomy of Metaphor of Incorporation by Maggie Kilgour and you, too, can get your brain chemistry permanently altered.

#beareplies #anon #cause dying on your lips is how i wanna go #if you are one of these people who only like cannibalism as a metaphor for romantic love this is not the place for you.

[cor-ardens-archive]

1. Hannibal, ‘Secondo’ 2. From Communion to Cannibalism: An Anatomy of Metaphors of Incorporation, Maggie Kilgour 3. Le Cannibale mélancolique, Pierre Fédida 4. Black Sun, Julia Kristeva, tr. Leon Roudiez

#Hannibal #m. hannibal

[olreid]

consumption in the magnus archives - from communion to cannibalism: an anatomy of metaphors of incorporation by maggie kilgour / tma ep 142 / the silt verses ep 2 / violence and the sacred by rené girard / the empath and the psychopath: ethics, imagination, and intercorporeality in bryan fuller’s hannibal by jane stadler / “your father was emperor of china and your mother an indian queen”: reverse imperialism in wuthering heights by susan meyer / "it's only cannibalism if we're equals": carnivorous consumption and liminality in hannibal by michael fuchs and michael phillips

#WHEW ok i think im done for now. HAVING A NORMAL ONE #tma #the silt verses #i am hungry and i want to live

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from communion to cannibalism: an anatomy of metaphors of incorporation by maggie kilgour

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[wan-shuxin-things-blog]

To Eat, or To Be Eaten? Cannibalism in The Merchant of Venice

No one can ignore the bloody flesh to be cut off from Antonio when reading Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The Jewish usurer Shylock’s demand for a pound of flesh seems so ruthless and gruesome because it bears a cannibalistic undertone. Shylock once says: “But yet I’ll go in hate to feed upon/ The prodigal Christian.” It reminds the audience/reader that Shylock, who has a desire for human flesh, is more than greedy but cruel.

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How does the terrifying image of flesh and cannibalism matter in this comedy? It has a direct implication on Shylock’s motivation. His big appetite for money is very similar to the image of cannibal as an immoderate eater. Moreover, Shylock takes his revenge against Antonio’s longtime discrimination, but in a quite primitive way, which can be read as an instinctive desire in human nature, a sign of animality.

As one of the prominent conflicts in the play, religious hatred makes the Jews and the Christians two opposing communities. Interestingly, the tension between them responds to a pattern of exocannibalism, referring to eating someone from outside the group. It is in this “eat and be eaten” relationship the Jew is degraded in terms of civilization. The cannibalistic feature of Jews is linked to barbarism, something you certainly would not expect in a civilized community. By contrast, the Christian occupies a moral high ground since the flesh he provides has every implication of the Eucharist. Thus, a Christian community with mercy and refinement is portrayed. The projection of cannibalism on the Jews shares a lot with colonial discourse and functions as a symbol of cultural order. In an exotic imagination of the barbaric “other”, the invaders confirms a self-superiority over the cultures they are eating.

A good man like Antonio is always ready to sacrifice himself, not only to help his fellowman out, but also to save his enemies by converting them to a blessed world. Then, who is one to be eaten after all?

To learn more about “cannibalism”: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25064862?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

References

Braunmuller, A. R. "Introduction to The Merchant of Venice." William Shakespeare: The Complete Works: pp. 285-92.

Kilgour M. From Communion to Cannibalism. An Anatomy of Metaphors of Incorporation. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University. Press (1990).

Sanday, Peggy Reeves, and Maurice Godelier. Divine hunger: Cannibalism as a cultural system. Vol. 56. Cambridge University Press (1986).

Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. Penguin Classics (2017).

Shirley Lindenbaum. Thinking About Cannibalism. Annual Review Anthropology. 2004(33): 475–98.

#the merchant of venice #Cannibalism

[breitzbachbea]

Not FrUk in my Cannibalism Readings.

(Kilgour, M., From Communion to Cannibalism. An Anatomy of Metaphors of Incorporation, Princeton 1990.)

#that part is not really cannibalism yet though it only talks about how eating is important #like in general for sustaining life but also how the culinary do's and don't's really bind a society together #and via eating you can other. #fruk #beablabbers

[breitzbachbea]

End of the Year Review

I guess (?) I was tagged by @kitaychan - Thank you!

1. What fandoms did you create for?

Hetalia.

2. How many works did you make this year? Fics (posted on ao3 or tumblr or wherever), edits, gifsets, moodboards, playlists, fanart, vids, meta?

I don't think my historical musings for Hetalia AUs or Scenarios don't count as meta. Apparently I've added 4 new drabbles to the Drabble Collection, finished the last two drabbles for 'Tis but a scratch, published the last chapter and Epilogue of Italian Affairs, a new chapter for Herz auf Beat on Fanfiktion.de and published 7 One Shots (6 on ao3, 1 on tumblr). I've also wrote another TurGre One Shot and another part for The Amulet that are unpublished as of now.

3. What are you most proud of?

Finishing Italian Affairs and Part 4 of The Amulet (The Amulet is not yet published). I've been working on Italian Affairs since 2015 and to have finished it is a sensation that is quite hard to put into words. I've often been afraid I'd never see the day. It's such an achievement. And Part 4 of The Amulet, a story I've been writing and editing since 2017, was another thing I'd fuck up. But it turned out so incredible and gutwrenching that it really reminds me why I write and why I put so much work into it.

4. Any stats you wanna tell us about?

Between Me and the Goddess (and You) has a bibliography of 5 books :) (No but for real, I can't remember how many words I wrote this year or anything else).

5. What inspired you this year? Any specific works or creators?

I feel so bad answering this question because everyone else linked a bunch of people and their fanfictions (and I was among them), but there was only one fanfiction that truly inspired me. The İstanbul series by sadlygrove touched me deeply for personal reasons and it was so formative for how I approached the climax of The Amulet. It really put into words why this relationship is such a tragedy.

Aside from that, my inspirations were the usual - The world, its history and music. Maggie Kilgour's book "From Communion to Cannibalism. An Anatomy of Metaphors of Incorporation" really opened a third eye in terms of how to analyze and speak about my Like Father Like Son Series. Actually - I won't tag this person but you should check them out - it was @/catilinas cannibalism tag (Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed) that started the entire obsession with cannibalism as both tool for writing and tool for literature analysis. Truly inspiring - and now rereading my stuff is even more interesting, for all the unconscious Incorporation themes I've already included in my works throughout the years.

So yeah, I've used my term paper, which I wrote about the Bath curse tablets, for one drabble and I've read a lot of literature which left its mark on me. As did my trip to Palermo.

However, I do want to thank everyone who read my works this year, because it's still bonkers to me. @needcake (One day I will get around to read more of your stuff and maybe, maybe deliver some more neighbourhood AU), @shithole-state (I know I promised to get back to you on the ancient celts, sometime, my friend, hopefully), @fireandiceland @hetaari @kitaychan @i-declare-the-poland-rule @cunchishai @exi-stencil-ism @chaosintensifies.

I'm probably forgetting someone and I am very sorry for it. But it's so nice to see that people care! I feel almost bad that now I am already turning my back on producing content specifically for the fandom, when everyone welcomed be back in so wonderfully! But it's been great to meet you all and talk to you about certain things, about my writing and see someone else's perspective! If you ever left me a comment, trust me, it was the highlight of my day.

6. What’s a piece you didn’t expect to make? Why?

No Rest For The Wicked, because the the premise for this one was whacky as all hell for my standards (aka it felt super self-indulgent in its character selection) with a paperflimsy plot. But then I felt like going for it anyways, took a gamble ... and hey, other people liked it! And I've had one hell of a blast to write the different character relations in it, I'm very proud of the interactions and the piece actually helped me grow as a writer. (And I got to listen to Shimmy Shimmy by Takagi e Ketra ft. Giusy Ferreri on repeat for hours).

7. What are you excited to work on next year?

I really hope I'll get started on the rewrite of Irish Problems. Priority No. 1 right now is the last chapter of Herz auf Beat, which I also look forward to! As well as Part 5 of The Amulet, which then will also be finished! But man, I've got so many ideas for the rewrite of Irish Problems. I'm so excited to finally tell the story I've wanted to tell for years now. Like Father Like Son has been my life since at least 2014 (I started in 2013), so that's eight years I spent with these kids and their friends (and enemies). I just cannot wait to lay the groundwork for so many more adventures to come, for a complex but fun story with so many more characters. And to talk with people about the rewrite! The blessing of 2021 was that people read my stuff and finally, after years of isolation, I have more than three people with who to talk about my writing! It's quite freeing and thoroughly magical.

Tag some people!

I think everyone and their grandma already got tagged, but hey, if you see this and wanna do it - do it.

#beablabbers #writing #storie nostre #aph #hetalia #hws #It's been quite the year and I was so prolific #and I am so glad for everyone who joined me on this journey even if only for one drabble #but I also have to say I am so so happy now to work on my own things again #it's nice to be with the kids

[breitzbachbea]

"Reading is therefore eating, an act of consumption."

Kilgour, M., From Communion to Cannibalism. An Anatomy of Metaphors of Incorporation, Princeton 1990, p. 9.

So first I will eat Ovid and THEN I will rebuild him.

#beablabbers #i wanted to read ovid so badly already because metamorphosing is relevant to my interests #but now i know that there is cannibalism in there i HAVE to read it. #we have reached peak incomprehensibleness I think I will have to write about boring logical stuff for my term paper #just to balance out my mind with philology brainrot #but maybe there is ALSO cannibalism to be found in the massacres of the punic wars #and it is about memory and construction and their impact anyways.always. #cause dying on your lips is how i wanna go

[olreid]

from communion to cannibalism: an anatomy of metaphors of incorporation by maggie kilgour / tma ep 148 / tma ep 160

#something something jon completing the ritual by being tricked into Eating something/someone he didn't want to eat... #tma #i am hungry and i want to live

[breitzbachbea]

I should just make a discord group call with all the homies where I summarize to them the roughly 16 page Introduction of Kilgour, M., From Communion to Cannibalism. An Anatomy of Metaphors of Incorporation. And once that is done and we're all on the same page and also batshit insane, we just talk about who eats who and why.

#beablabbers #I licherally just did that with Jani and it IS A BLAST #BC SUDDENLY YOU COMMUNICATE ON AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT LEVEL #AND IT IS SO INCOHERENT BUT YOU NEVER NOT UNDERSTAND IT!!! IT JUST MAKES PERFECT SENSE!!!!! #To eat as a frightened animal vs to eat as a complacent animal. Two very different things. #One humanizes the other dehumanizes on a level one can't even comprehend #at least you pity the frightened animal who cannot help it

[breitzbachbea]

"Replacing more orthodox though indirect means of communication, the image of cannibalism is frequently connected with the failure of words as a medium, suggesting that people who cannot talk to each other bite each other."

Kilgour, M., From Communion to Cannibalism. An Anatomy of Metaphors of Incorporation, Princeton 1990, p. 16.

#I LITERALLY once said to Jani that the problem with Herakles and Sadık is not miscommunication bc everything HAS already been said. #the problem is in the words itself. words failed. time for teeth. #cause dying on your lips is how i wanna go #this book is such a great read #beablabbers #this quote will now forever drive me insane oh you just know it #that metaphor? gonna crop up forever now in my writing. and my analyzing.

[breitzbachbea]

"While most of us would agree with Ovid's Pythagoras that eating people is wrong, like Ovid, we are still not quite sure how to avoid it."

- Kilgour, M., From Communion to Cannibalism. An Anatomy of Metaphors of Incorporation, Princeton 1999, p. 248.

#beablabbers #cause dying on your lips is how i wanna go #because opposites attract ... or are so afraid of each other that elimination is the only way for it to be bearable

[breitzbachbea]

"This is a regressive substitution that denies loss and attempts to keep the past alive inside, even suggesting that the internalized object was lost or killed in order to survive more fully and authentically in the mind of its host."

- Kilgour, M., From Communion to Cannibalism. An Anatomy of Metaphors of Incorporation, Princeton 1999, p. 170.

#beablabbers #cause dying on your lips is how i wanna go #this is also very much how people remember the past #and also that's the Testa di Moro story babyyyyy #terminal storytelling indeed

[breitzbachbea]

"The representation of the legal system as cannibalistic is an old topos. Within a Christian framework, the law is associated with the Old Testament and its God of vengeance: it is the letter that kills and which is contrasted with the life-giving spirit and charity of the New Testament (2 Corinthians 2:6). In Plato also, lawyers are attacked as mere rhetoricians who use words to serve their bellies. Centuries of submission to the tortures of legal subtleties have tended to consolidate this negative image; the identification of the law and cannibalism can be found in writers from Cusanus to Dickens, many of whom no doubt had been themselves ensnared in the confusing and consuming system."

- Kilgour, M., From Communion to Cannibalism. An Anatomy of Metaphors of Incorporation, Princeton 1990, p. 96.

#cause dying on your lips is how i wanna go #beablabbers #people with bitemarks sure do hate people with teeth