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

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Bloomfield, Jem (2017) “My Eucharist to the people of District 11”: bread, sacrifice and thanksgiving in The Hunger Games. Theology, 120 (3). pp. 190-196. ISSN 2044-2696

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Official URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0040571X16684430

Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Article
RIS ID:	https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/857217
Keywords:	popular culture and theology, Eucharist, Hunger Games, dystopia, blessing, Bible and literature
Schools/Departments:	University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Arts > School of English
Identification Number:	10.1177/0040571X16684430
Depositing User:	Zimmerman, Emma
Date Deposited:	10 Aug 2016 13:57
Last Modified:	04 May 2020 18:42
URI:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/35754

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