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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 o...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1996.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Collectief gedrag.
Misvormden.
Monsters.
Ungeheuer
Literaturpsychologie
Literatur
Groteske > Literatur
Das Groteske
Monsters in literature.
Grotesque in literature.
Difference (Psychology) in literature.
Abnormalities, Human, in literature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Grotesque dans la litterature.
Monstres dans la litterature.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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."--Provided by publisher
Physical Description:1 online resource (336 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780816687640

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