Monster theory: reading culture
(Book)
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Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, [1996].
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Book
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0816628548, 9780816628544, 0816628556, 9780816628551
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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.Contributors: Mary Baine Campbell, Brandeis U; David L. Clark, McMaster U; Frank Grady, U of Missouri, St. Louis; David A. Hedrich Hirsch, U of Illinois; Lawrence D. Kritzman, Dartmouth College; Kathleen Perry Long, Cornell U; Stephen Pender; Allison Pingree, Harvard U; Anne Lake Prescott, Barnard College; John O'Neill, York U; William Sayers, George Washington U; Michael Uebel, U of Virginia; Ruth Waterhouse.
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ASU Main (3rd floor)
PN56.M55 M55 1996
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Apr 25, 2023
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Physical Desc:
xiii, 315 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Cohen, J. J. (1996). Monster theory: reading culture. Minneapolis, Minn., University of Minnesota Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome. 1996. Monster Theory: Reading Culture. Minneapolis, Minn., University of Minnesota Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome, Monster Theory: Reading Culture. Minneapolis, Minn., University of Minnesota Press, 1996.
MLA Citation (style guide)Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome. Monster Theory: Reading Culture. Minneapolis, Minn., University of Minnesota Press, 1996.
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