{"product_id":"monster-culture-in-the-21st-marina-levina-9781441178398","title":"Monster Culture in the 21st Century","description":"In the past decade, our rapidly changing world faced terrorism, global epidemics, economic and social strife, new communication technologies, immigration, and climate change to name a few. These fears and tensions reflect an evermore-interconnected global environment where increased mobility of people, technologies, and disease have produced great social, political, and economical uncertainty. \u003cbr\u003eThe essays in this collection examine how monstrosity has been used to manage these rising fears and tensions. Analyzing popular films and televisions shows, such as \u003ci\u003eTrue Blood, Twilight, Paranormal Activity, District 9, Battlestar Galactica, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAvatar\u003c\/i\u003e, it argues that monstrous narratives of the past decade have become omnipresent specifically because they represent collective social anxieties over resisting and embracing change in the 21st century. \u003cbr\u003eThe first comprehensive text that uses monstrosity not just as a metaphor for change, but rather a necessary condition through which change is lived and experienced in the 21st century, this approach introduces a different perspective toward the study of monstrosity in culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marina Levina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1441178392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781441178398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2014","brand":"Marina Levina","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935035687167,"sku":"9781441178398","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_15f50f9a-2de7-4f8b-a9f3-d76dcb0129b6.jpg?v=1681417477","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/monster-culture-in-the-21st-marina-levina-9781441178398","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}