Monster Theory: Reading Culture University Of Minnesota Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Essays And Literary Reference

Monsters Provide A Key To Understanding The Culture That Spawned Them So Argues Essays In This Wide-Ranging Collection Asks Question What Happens When Critical Theorists Take Study Of Seriously As Means Examining Our Culture? Viewing Monstrous Body Metaphor For Cultural Contributors Consider Beasts Demons Freaks And Fiends Symbolic Expressions Very Real Fears Desires Signs Unease Pervade Society Shape Its Collective Behaviour Through Sampling Conceptual Category These Argue Fascination Testifies Continued Desire Explore Difference Prohibition Everchanging \ Borders Possibility\ Topics Treated Include: Connection Between Beowulf Frankenstein\ S Monster Dracula Dr Jekyll\ Hyde With Chang Eng Siamese Twins\ 1830S America It Has Say About Anxieties Regarding Recently United\ States Idea Monstrosity Anne Rice\ Vampire Chronicles\ Use Medieval Anti-Muslim Polemics An Exploration Creation Myth Embedded Jurassic Park\ Σελίδες: 336 Διαστάσεις: 14 9X14 9Cm