Monsters and Monstrosity in 21st-Century Film and Television
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Monsters and Monstrosity in 21st-Century Film and Television

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Monsters and Monstrosity in 21st-Century Film and Television

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This volume contains discussions and dissections of monsters across multiple media and geographical origins. However, the notable shifts in how we engage monsters and monstrosity feature heavily in this volume. Our contributors tackle resurrections of previous series and conversations through films like Jurassic World and Krampus. Others gravitate towards the rebirth of some of the older, tried and true monsters like vampires and zombies, including analyses of Pride And Prejudice + Zombies, The Originals, The Vampire Diaries, iZombie, and Teen Wolf – all of which reinterpreted and reinvented these creatures for the modern audience. While the text serves to address these new iterations of the "Classic" monsters in the cannon, others look at strangers, more fringe monster narratives like Pan's Labyrinth, The Village, or even the very real parasitic monstrosities of Monsters Inside Me. The ubiquitous presence of the monstrous on screen evokes myriad interpretations. In certain cases, we love to love the monster. In others, we bond over mutual desire to see it conquered, vanquished. The inherent mutability of the monster provides us with endless opportunities to reimagine, re-envision, and reencounter these creatures. In its entirety, this volume endeavors to examine how 21st-century media presents and contends with the body and mind of the monster. What do monsters reveal about us as a cultural community?

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Yes, you can access Monsters and Monstrosity in 21st-Century Film and Television by Artenie, Cristina,Szanter, Ashley in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Media & Performing Arts & Film & Video. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Universitas Press
Year
2017
eBook ISBN
9781988963501
Edition
0
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Film & Video

Table of contents

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  4. Introduction: Ashley Szanter
  5. Loving Monsters: Understanding Horror Fiction Consumption as a Response to the Uncertainty of American Identity: Marylou R. Naumoff
  6. The Enemy Within: Deconstructing Emerging Femininity in Contemporary Monster Films: Coco d’Hont
  7. Twice Dead: Gender, Class, and Crisis in Pride and Prejudice + Zombies (2016): Erin Casey-Williams and Erika Cornelius Smith
  8. Monstrous Parasites, Monstrous Selves: Kristine Larsen
  9. Spot the Monster: Pack, Identity, and Humanity in MTV’s Teen Wolf: Tracey Thomas
  10. Stitching Together a Soul: Plato, St. Gregory of Nyssa, and I, Frankenstein: Heather L. Duda
  11. “That’s Not a Real Dinosaur”: The Indominus Rex and Monstrosity in Jurassic World: Brooke Southgate
  12. “The Shadow of Saint Nicholas”: Dougherty’s Krampus: Alissa Burger and Jenny Collins
  13. Unmasking the Bite: Pleasure, Sexuality, and Vulnerability in the Vampire Series: Tatiana Prorokova
  14. Zombie Blues: The Rise of the Sorrowful Living Dead in Contemporary Television: Alberto N. GarcĂ­a
  15. “The Monster at the End of This Book”: Authorship and Monstrosity in Supernatural: Jessica George
  16. Notes on Contributors