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15. März 2023 · Monster theory, also called monster studies, is the study of monsters, their construction, and their cultural meanings. Monster theory combines methods and research from studies of art, literature, religion, philosophy, medicine, sociology, anthropology, and more, making it an interdisciplinary — and international — field of study. Freud ...
The contributors to Monster Theory consider beasts, demons, freaks and fiends as symbolic expressions of cultural unease that pervade a society and shape its co...
- NED-New Edition
Rather than argue a “theory of teratology,” I offer by way of introduction to the essays that follow a set of breakable postulates in search of specific cultural moments. I offer seven theses toward understanding cultures through the monsters they bear. Thesis I: The Monster's Body Is a Cultural Body. Vampires, burial, death: inter the ...
- Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
- 2018
Explores concepts of monstrosity in Western civilization from Beowulf to Jurassic Park. 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 ...
25. März 2020 · Monster theory and monster studies. In his foreword to The Ashgate Research Companion to Monsters and the Monstrous (2012) John Block Friedman, author of The Monstrous Races in Medieval Art and ...
- Sibylle Erle, Sibylle Erle, Helen Hendry, Helen Hendry
- 2020
Zombies and vampires, banshees and basilisks, demons and wendigos, goblins, gorgons, golems, and ghosts. From the mythical monstrous races of the ancient world to the murderous cyborgs of our day, monsters have haunted the human imagination, giving shape to the fears and desires of their time.
8. Sept. 2022 · Within the framework of monster theory, horror movies are seen as a way of framing common fears about moral decay, concerns about the future, anxiety about outgroup members, and spiritual unknowns. In the classroom, we explore the monstrous body as a stand-in for the demonized (often literally) outgroup. Through tracing some of the historic ...
