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Monster Theory

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An edition of Monster Theory (1996)

Monster Theory

Reading Culture

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Explores concepts of monstrosity in Western civilization from Beowulf to Jurassic Park.

We live in a time of monsters. Monsters provide a key to understanding the culture that spawned them. So argue the essays in this wide-ranging and fascinating collection that asks the question, What happens when critical theorists take the study of monsters seriously as a means of examining our culture?

In viewing the monstrous body as a metaphor for the cultural body, the contributors to Monster Theory consider beasts, demons, freaks, and fiends as symbolic expressions of cultural unease that pervade a society and shape its collective behavior. Through a historical sampling of monsters, these essays argue that our fascination for the monstrous testifies to our continued desire to explore difference and prohibition.

From http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/C/cohen_monster.html

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University of Minnesota Press
Language
English
Pages
311

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monsters, history, culture, morality, monstrosity, medieval, illuminations, cultural studies, anthropology, anthology

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January 1997, University of Minnesota Press
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November 1996, University of Minnesota Press
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Hardcover
Number of pages
311
Dimensions
9.3 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
Weight
1.4 pounds

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OL8070196M
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0816628548
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9780816628544
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A series of essays in three broad groups about how monsters are a useful subject to understand the culture from which they emerged.

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