Monster Theory by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
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. 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.Jeffrey Jerome Cohen is assistant professor of English and associate director of the Program in Human Sciences at George Washington University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780816628551 |
| ISBN 10 | 0816628556 |
| Title | Monster Theory |
| Author | Jeffrey Jerome Cohen |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Minnesota Press |
| Year published | 1996-11-15 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
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