| Classic Readings on Monster Theory Contributor(s): Mittman, Asa Simon (Editor), Hensel, Marcus (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1942401191 ISBN-13: 9781942401193 Publisher: ARC Humanities Press OUR PRICE: $113.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Horror & Supernatural - History | Social History - Art | History - General |
| Series: ARC Reference |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.2" W x 10.3" (1.15 lbs) 118 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume and its companion gather a wide range of readings and sources to enable us to see and understand what monsters show us about what it means to be human. The first volume introduces important modern theorists of the monstrous, with a brief introduction to each reading, setting the theorist and theory in context, and providing background and guiding questions. The selection of readings in Classic Readings on Monster Theory is intended to provide interpretive tools and strategies to use to grapple with the primary sources in the second volume - Primary Sources on Monsters - which brings together some of the most influential and indicative monster narratives from the West. Taken together, these volumes allow us to witness the consistent, multi-millennium strategies the West has articulated, weaponized, and deployed to exclude, disempower, and dehumanize a range of groups and individuals within and without its porous boundaries. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mittman, Asa Simon: - Asa Simon Mittman is Professor and Chair of Art & Art History at California State University, Chico.Hensel, Marcus: - Marcus Hensel is Assistant Professor of English at Bethany College, Kansas. |