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“My Eucharist to the people of District 11”:bread, sacrifice and thanksgiving in The Hunger Games

Bloomfield, Jem

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The imagery of bread in The Hunger Games provides an opportunity to read the novel within a Christian tradition alert to themes of suffering, sacrifice and solidarity. This article examines how the novel “re-enchants” bread as both a site of ideological conflict and potential social healing, and draws out how this relates to the book’s place within consumer capitalism and Young Adult fiction. It also considers how a Christian interpretation might connect to current tensions around inclusion and identity.

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Bloomfield, J. (2017). “My Eucharist to the people of District 11”:bread, sacrifice and thanksgiving in The Hunger Games. Theology, 120(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0040571X16684430

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 14, 2016
Online Publication Date Apr 24, 2017
Publication Date May 1, 2017
Deposit Date Aug 10, 2016
Publicly Available Date Apr 24, 2017
Journal Theology
Print ISSN 0040-571X
Electronic ISSN 2044-2696
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 120
Issue 3
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0040571X16684430
Keywords popular culture and theology, Eucharist, Hunger Games, dystopia, blessing, Bible and literature
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/857217
Publisher URL http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0040571X16684430
Contract Date Aug 10, 2016

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