Monster theory [electronic resource]

Monster theory [electronic resource]
Author: Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 331
Release: 1996-11-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1452900558


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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.


Monster theory [electronic resource]
Language: en
Pages: 331
Authors: Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-11-15 - Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

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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
The Monster Theory Reader
Language: en
Pages: 801
Authors: Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-01-15 - Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

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A collection of scholarship on monsters and their meaning—across genres, disciplines, methodologies, and time—from foundational texts to the most recent con
The Monster in Theatre History
Language: en
Pages: 186
Authors: Michael Chemers
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-07-28 - Publisher: Routledge

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Monsters are fragmentary, uncertain, frightening creatures. What happens when they enter the realm of the theatre? The Monster in Theatre History explores the c
Monster Theory
Language: en
Pages: 315
Authors: Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

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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
Egypt as a Monster in the Book of Ezekiel
Language: en
Pages: 316
Authors: Safwat Marzouk
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-06-05 - Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

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Appealing to Monster Theory and the ancient Near Eastern motif of "Chaoskampf," Safwat Marzouk argues that the paradoxical character of the category of the mons