Rhiar Kanouse is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Comparative Studies. With a background in English Language & Literature, her current project traces the trope of cannibalism across literature, film, folklore, and performance. Her research considers questions regarding consumption, embodiment, materiality, and boundaries of Self and Other.

You can find her recent publication, "Canibalismo tardío: El consumidor caníbal en Somos lo que hay (2010, Jorge Michel Grau)" [Late-stage Cannibalism: The Cannibal Consumer in We Are What We Are (Somos lo que hay, 2010, Jorge Michel Grau)] in the academic journal En la otra isla: Revista de audiovisual latinoamericano - available here.