ISBN:
9781788746656
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (302 pages)
Series Statement:
Genre Fiction and Film Companions Ser. v.5
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.4
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
What are Monsters? Monsters serve as a warning about something amiss in our surroundings. This collection of original and accessible essays looks at a variety of contemporary monsters from literature, film, television, music and the internet in their respective cultural contexts. Texts range from District 9 to Cleverman to Lady Gaga.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword: Culture's Monsters: Monster Marks (Lindquist 2018) ( Sherry C. M. Lindquist ) -- Introduction (Simon Bacon) -- Part I Home -- Madness: The Babadook (Kent, 2014) - Monsters of Mental Illness ( Angela M. Smith ) -- Domestic Abuse: The Invisible Man (Whannell, 2020) - Domestic Monsters ( Simon Bacon ) -- Paedophilia: The Nightingale (Kent, 2018) - Monsters of Abuse ( Phil Fitzsimmons ) -- Immigrants: The Lure (Smoczyńska, 2015) - Monstrous Outsiders (Agnieszka Kotwasińska) -- Part II Society -- The Mask: Slasher Cinema (1978-1998) - Teaching the Monster ( John Edgar Browning ) -- The Cyberbully: Cyberbully (Binamé, 2011) - Monsters of Cyberspace ( Lauren Rosewarne ) -- Lady Gaga: Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (1986-present) - Monsters of Celebrity ( Anthony Curtis Adler ) -- The Slit-Mouthed Woman: Carved (Shiraishi, 2007) - Monsters of Urban Legend ( Alexandra Heller-Nicholas ) -- Melmoth: Melmoth (Perry, 2018) - Monsters of War ( W. Scott Poole ) -- Part III Cultural Intersections -- Phi Krasue: Inhuman Kiss (Mongkolsiri, 2019) - Thai Monsters ( Benjamin Baumann ) -- La habitación del desahogo (2012) - Mexican Monsters ( In é s Ordiz ) -- Baba Yaga: Hellboy (Mignola, 1997-2004) - Russian Monsters ( Gail de Vos ) -- Deumo: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Spielberg, 1984) - Monsters of Colonialism ( Partha Mitter ) -- The Hairies: Cleverman (Griffen, 2016-2017) - Aboriginal Monsters ( Yasmine Musharbash ) -- Part IV Gender -- Satan: The Witch (Eggers, 2015) - Patriarchal Monsters ( Eddie Falvey ) -- Warlocks: AHS Apocalypse (Murphy and Falchuk, 2011-present) - Monsters of Masculinity ( Emily Brick ) -- She-Wolves: When Animals Dream (Arnby, 2014) - Monsters of Femininity ( Craig Ian Mann ).
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