The Medium Is The Monster
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The Medium Is The Monster
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Author : Mark A. McCutcheon
language : en
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Release Date : 2018-04-21
The Medium Is The Monster written by Mark A. McCutcheon and has been published by Athabasca University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-21 with Social Science categories.
Technology, a word that emerged historically first to denote the study of any art or technique, has come, in modernity, to describe advanced machines, industrial systems, and media. McCutcheon argues that it is Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein that effectively reinvented the meaning of the word for modern English. It was then Marshall McLuhan’s media theory and its adaptations in Canadian popular culture that popularized, even globalized, a Frankensteinian sense of technology. The Medium Is the Monster shows how we cannot talk about technology—that human-made monstrosity—today without conjuring Frankenstein, thanks in large part to its Canadian adaptations by pop culture icons such as David Cronenberg, William Gibson, Margaret Atwood, and Deadmau5. In the unexpected connections illustrated by The Medium Is the Monster, McCutcheon brings a fresh approach to studying adaptations, popular culture, and technology.
Can The Monster Speak
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Author : Paul B. Preciado
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2021-08-03
Can The Monster Speak written by Paul B. Preciado and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-03 with Social Science categories.
Paul Preciado's controversial 2019 lecture at the École de la Cause Freudienne annual conference, published in a definitive translation for the first time. In November 2019, Paul Preciado was invited to speak in front of 3,500 psychoanalysts at the École de la Cause Freudienne's annual conference in Paris. Standing in front of the profession for whom he is a "mentally ill person" suffering from "gender dysphoria," Preciado draws inspiration in his lecture from Kafka's "Report to an Academy," in which a monkey tells an assembly of scientists that human subjectivity is a cage comparable to one made of metal bars. Speaking from his own "mutant" cage, Preciado does not so much criticize the homophobia and transphobia of the founders of psychoanalysis as demonstrate the discipline's complicity with the ideology of sexual difference dating back to the colonial era--an ideology which is today rendered obsolete by technological advances allowing us to alter our bodies and procreate differently. Preciado calls for a radical transformation of psychological and psychoanalytic discourse and practices, arguing for a new epistemology capable of allowing for a multiplicity of living bodies without reducing the body to its sole heterosexual reproductive capability, and without legitimizing hetero-patriarchal and colonial violence. Causing a veritable outcry among the assembly, Preciado was heckled and booed and unable to finish. The lecture, filmed on smartphones, was published online, where fragments were transcribed, translated, and published with no regard for exactitude. With this volume, Can the Monster Speak? is published in a definitive translation for the first time.
All Around Monstrous Monster Media In Their Historical Contexts
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Author : Verena Bernardi
language : en
Publisher: Vernon Press
Release Date : 2019-10-31
All Around Monstrous Monster Media In Their Historical Contexts written by Verena Bernardi and has been published by Vernon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-31 with Social Science categories.
We know all kinds of monsters. Vampires who suck human blood, werewolves who harass tourists in London or Paris, zombies who long to feast on our brains, or Godzilla, who is famous in and outside of Japan for destroying whole cities at once. Regardless of their monstrosity, all of these creatures are figments of the human mind and as real as they may seem, monsters are and always have been constructed by human beings. In other words, they are imagined. How they are imagined, however, depends on many different aspects and changes throughout history. The present volume provides an insight into the construction of monstrosity in different kinds of media, including literature, film, and TV series. It will show how and by whom monsters are really created, how time changes the perception of monsters and what characterizes specific monstrosities in their specific historical contexts. The book will provide valuable insights for scholars in different fields, whose interest focuses on either media studies or history.
The Monster In The Media Assessing The Monstrous In Mary Shelley S Frankenstein And Stuart Beattie S I Frankenstein
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Author : Lisa Maria Engel
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-01-30
The Monster In The Media Assessing The Monstrous In Mary Shelley S Frankenstein And Stuart Beattie S I Frankenstein written by Lisa Maria Engel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-30 with categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1.3, University of Hamburg (Anglistik/Amerikanistik), course: Die Medialitat der Monster, language: English, comment: Kommentar des Dozenten: fine work, useful secondary literature, relevant research questions, areas of improvement: structure and form., abstract: Using the example of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" (1818) and the contemporary film "I, Frankenstein" (2014), this term paper will examine the question if the way monstrosity is perceived and defined actually is influenced by and dependent on the society's value systems and anxieties. Therefore, it will be investigated what differences can be found in the portrayal of monstrosity in the 19th century novel and the contemporary film, and from what circumstances these differences might derive. In order to do so, it has to be disclosed, who or what poses as the monster in the novel and the film, and which anxieties affect the respective society. Hence, this term paper first of all provides some selected approaches to monsters and monstrosity. Next Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein" as well as Stuart Beattie's "I, Frankenstein" will be shortly summarized, analyzed, and compared with respect to their cultural background and the introduced criteria that form monstrosity. Finally, the findings will be summarized and evaluated with regard to the investigated questions.
The Truths Of Monsters
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Author : Ildikó Limpár
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2021-03-19
The Truths Of Monsters written by Ildikó Limpár and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-19 with Social Science categories.
As monster theory highlights, monsters are cultural symbols, guarding the borders that society creates to protect its values and norms. Adolescence is the time when one explores and aims at crossing borders to learn the rules of the culture that one will fit into as an adult. Exploring the roles of monsters in coming-of-age narratives and the need to confront and understand the monstrous, this work explores recent developments in the presentation of monsters--such as the vampire, the zombie, and the man-made monster--in maturation narratives, then moves on to discuss monsters inhabiting the psychic landscapes of child characters. Finally, it touches on monsters in science fiction, in which facing the monstrous is a variation of the New World narrative. Discussions of novels by M. R. Carey, Suzanne Collins, Neil Gaiman, Theodora Goss, Daryl Gregory, Sarah Maria Griffin, Seanan McGuire, Stephenie Meyer, Patrick Ness, and Jon Skovron are complemented by analysis of television series, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Westworld.
Complex Information Processing
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Author : Herbert Alexander Simon
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1989
Complex Information Processing written by Herbert Alexander Simon and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Psychology categories.
First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Rules Of The Mind
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Author : John Robert Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1993
Rules Of The Mind written by John Robert Anderson and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Psychology categories.
First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Problem Solving
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Author : S. Ian Robertson
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2016-11-10
Problem Solving written by S. Ian Robertson and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-10 with Psychology categories.
The way that we assess and overcome problems is an essential part of everyday life. Problem Solving provides a clear introduction to the underlying mental processes involved in solving problems. Drawing on research from cognitive psychology and neuroscience, it examines the methods and techniques used by both novices and experts in familiar and unfamiliar situations. This edition has been comprehensively updated throughout, and now features cutting-edge content on creative problem solving, insight and neuroscience. Each chapter is written in an accessible way, and contains a range of student-friendly features such as activities, chapter summaries and further reading. The book also provides clear examples of studies and approaches that help the reader fully understand important and complex concepts in greater detail. Problem Solving fully engages the reader with the difficulties and methodologies associated with problem solving. This book will be of great use to undergraduate students of cognitive psychology, education and neuroscience, as well as readers and professionals with an interest in problem solving.
Loving Monsters
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Author : Laura Eppinger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-08-31
Loving Monsters written by Laura Eppinger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-31 with categories.
A clever vampire hides her secret by convincing her lovers that they have bedbugs. The Jersey Devil fans conspiracy theories in a world shut down by a pandemic. A haunted house, newly decorated in a minimalist style, wishes for more clutter to throw at its inhabitants. Laura Eppinger's flash collection Loving Monsters gives voice to the supernatural beings who are just as confused in our modern world as the mortals who made it. It turns out that even becoming undead is no substitute for a good couples' therapist.
Player Vs Monster
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Author : Jaroslav Svelch
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2023-02-07
Player Vs Monster written by Jaroslav Svelch and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-07 with Games & Activities categories.
A study of the gruesome game characters we love to beat—and what they tell us about ourselves. Since the early days of video games, monsters have played pivotal roles as dangers to be avoided, level bosses to be defeated, or targets to be destroyed for extra points. But why is the figure of the monster so important in gaming, and how have video games come to shape our culture’s conceptions of monstrosity? To answer these questions, Player vs. Monster explores the past half-century of monsters in games, from the dragons of early tabletop role-playing games and the pixelated aliens of Space Invaders to the malformed mutants of The Last of Us and the bizarre beasts of Bloodborne, and reveals the common threads among them. Covering examples from aliens to zombies, Jaroslav Švelch explores the art of monster design and traces its influences from mythology, visual arts, popular culture, and tabletop role-playing games. At the same time, he shows that video games follow the Cold War–era notion of clearly defined, calculable enemies, portraying monsters as figures that are irredeemably evil yet invariably vulnerable to defeat. He explains the appeal of such simplistic video game monsters, but also explores how the medium could evolve to present more nuanced depictions of monstrosity.