Primary Sources on Monsters (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781942401216)

This volume and its companion gather a wide range of readings and sources to enable us to see and understand what monsters show us about what it means to be human. The first volume introduces important modern theorists of the monstrous, with a brief introduction to each reading, setting the theorist and theory in context, and providing background and guiding questions. The selection of readings in Classic Readings on Monster Theory is intended to provide interpretive tools and strategies to use to grapple with the primary sources in the second volume - Primary Sources on Monsters - which brings together some of the most influential and indicative monster narratives from the West. Taken together, these volumes allow us to witness the consistent, multi-millennium strategies the West has articulated, weaponized, and deployed to exclude, disempower, and dehumanize a range of groups and individuals within and without its porous boundaries.

Author: Asa Simon Mittman
ISBN-10: 1942401213
ISBN-13: 9781942401216
Publisher: ARC Humanities Press
Language: English
Published: 07/31/2018
Pages: 364
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.30lbs
Size: 10.30h x 8.30w x 1.00d