{"product_id":"monster-theory-9780816628551","title":"Monster Theory","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplores concepts of monstrosity in Western civilisation from Beowulf to Jurassic Park.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe live in a time of monsters. Monsters provide a key to understanding the culture that spawned them. So argue the essays in this wide-ranging and fascinating collection that asks the question: What happens when critical theorists take the study of monsters seriously as a means of examining our culture?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn viewing the monstrous body as a metaphor for the cultural body, the contributors to \u003cem\u003eMonster Theory\u003c\/em\u003e consider beasts, demons, freaks, and fiends as symbolic expressions of cultural unease that pervade a society and shape its collective behaviour. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eContributors: Mary Baine Campbell, Brandeis U; David L. Clark, McMaster U; Frank Grady, U of Missouri, St. Louis; David A. Hedrich Hirsch, U of Illinois; Lawrence D. Kritzman, Dartmouth College; Kathleen Perry Long, Cornell U; Stephen Pender; Allison Pingree, Harvard U; Anne Lake Prescott, Barnard College; John O'Neill, York U; William Sayers, George Washington U; Michael Uebel, U of Virginia; Ruth Waterhouse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47558967263468,"sku":"9780816628551","price":57.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780816628551-monster-theory.jpg?v=1776924416","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/monster-theory-9780816628551","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}