Monsters in Society: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

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Publisher: Brill
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 202
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Monsters in Society: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
Table of Contents
Introduction From the Past into the Future: Understanding Monsters in the 21st Century
Part 1 Monsters and Man(kind)
Clones as Human Monsters: Looking for Normality in the Age of Cloning
Grimm Visions: The Humanised Monster in Contemporary Fairy Tale Adaptations
The Curious Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Changing Face of the Monster
The Devil Whisperer: Animality as a Path to Taming the Monster in The Exorcist
Part 2 Gendered Monsters
It’s Not All about Snow White: The Evil Queen Isn’t That Monstrous After All
True Blood: Monsters and Sexuality: Too Much of the Same Thing
Parents Who Kill: How Gender Turns Some into Monsters and Others into Victims in Print Media
Reality Hidden Within: An Analysis of Kerime Nadir’s
Part 3 Monstrous Diversity
Ghost, Spirits and Christian Denominational Politics: A Case from Fiji
All in the Mind: Fin de Siècle Psychological Vampire Fiction, Powers of Mind Control and Mesmerism
The Other(s) Uncontemplated: Monsters of the Other Side
Godzilla: Mythical Roots and Echoes of the Monster within the Japanese Imaginary World
Part 4 Childish Monsters and Monster Children
Blurred Boundaries and Monstrous Inscriptions in Children’s Imaginative Play
Developing Co-Dependence between Monsters and Children in Animated Feature Films
Part 5 Visual Representation of Monsters and the Monstrous
Monster Got Your Tongue? Language and Visual Monstrosity in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
American Horror Story: Asylum and the Power of the Mad Monster
Marginal Profits through Monstrosity: Video Representations of Caliban and Nicki Minaj

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