Monsters and the monstrous : myths and metaphors of enduring evil / edited by Niall Scott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scott, Niall.

Series:

At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 38.

At the interfaces, probing the boundaries ; v. 38

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals, Mythical.

Monsters in art.

Monsters in literature.

Monsters in mass media.

Monsters in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Emerging from depths comes a series of papers dealing with one of the most significant creations that reflects on and critiques human existence. Both a warning and a demonstration, the monster as myth and metaphor provides an articulation of human imagination that toys with the permissible and impermissible. Monsters from zombies to cuddly cartoon characters, emerging from sewers, from pages of literature, propaganda posters, movies and heavy metal, all are covered in this challenging, scholarly collection. This volume the third in the series presents a marvellous collection of studies on the metaphor of the monster in literature, cinema, music, culture, philosophy, history and politics. Both historical reflection and concerns of our time are addressed with clarity and written in an accessible manner providing appeal for the scholar and lay reader alike. This eclectic collection will be of interest to academics and students working in a range of disciplines, such as cultural studies, film studies, political theory, philosophy and literature studies.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Niall Scott

Introduction / Niall Scott

“Monster Sewers”: Experiencing London’s Main Drainage System / Paul Dobraszczyk

Ontological Anxiety Made Flesh: The Zombie in Literature, Film and Culture / Kevin Alexander Boon

The Zombie as Barometer of Cultural Anxiety / Peter Dendle

Dracula as Ethnic Conflict: The Technologies of “Humanitarian Intervention” in the Balkans during the 1999 NATO Bombing of Serbia and Kosovo / Neda Atanasoski

Kultur-Terror: The Composite Monster in Nazi Visual Propaganda / Kristen Williams Backer

The Anarchist as Monster in Fin-de-Siècle Europe / Elun Gabriel

Family, Race and Citizenship in Disney’s Lilo and Stitch / Emily Cheng

The Enemy Within: The Child as Terrorist in the Contemporary American Horror Film / Colette Balmain

‘Monstrous Mothers’ and the Media / Nicola Goc

Of Monsters, Masturbators and Markets: Autoerotic Desire, Sexual Exchange and the Cinematic Serial Killer / Greg Tuck

Nobody’s Meat: Freedom through Monstrosity in Contemporary British Fiction / Ben Barootes

God Hates Us All: Kant, Radical Evil and the Diabolical Monstrous Human in Heavy Metal / Niall Scott

Monstrous/Cute. Notes on the Ambivalent Nature of Cuteness / Maja Brzozowska-Brywczyńska.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and filmography (p. 147).

ISBN:

1-282-26552-0

9786612265525

94-012-0481-0

1-4356-1205-1

OCLC:

182846547

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401204811 DOI