Classic readings on monster theory : demonstrare.: demonstrare. Volume 1 (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Asa Simon Mittman, Marcus Hensel.
• Editors: Mittman, Asa Simon, 1976-; Hensel, Marcus, 1976-
• Contents: Monster Theory 1. Introduction: "A Marvel of Monsters" by Asa Simon Mittman and Marcus Hensel 2. "Beowulf, the Monsters and the Critics" by J.R.R. Tolkien 3. "A Measure of Man, " from The Monstrous Races in Medieval Art and Thought by John Block Friedman 4. "The Nature of Horror, " from The Philosophy of Horror by Noël Carroll 5. "Rethinking the Canon: Prophets, Canons, and Promising Monsters" by Michael Camille 6. "Monster Culture (Seven Theses), " from Monster Theory: Reading Culture by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen Allied Theories 7. "Introduction, " from Orientalism by Edward Said 8. "Approaching Abjection, " from Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection by Julia Kristeva 9. "Parasites and Perverts: An Introduction to Gothic Monstrosity, " from Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters by J. Halberstam 10. "From Wonder to Error: A Genealogy of Freak Discourse in Modernity, " from Freakery: Cultural Spectacles of the Extraordinary Body by Rosemarie Garland Thomson.
• Edition: New edition
• Publisher Details: Kalamazoo : Arc Humanities Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 001.944; Monsters
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781942401209
• Related ISBNs: 9781942401193
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