Managing Monsters
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Managing Monsters
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Author : Marina Warner
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-11-30
Managing Monsters written by Marina Warner and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-30 with Literary Collections categories.
In early 1994 Marina Warner delivered the prestigious Reith Lectures for the BBC. In a series of six lectures, she takes areas of contemporary concern and relates them to stories from mythology and fairy tale which continue to grip the modern imagination. She analyses the fury about single mothers and the anxiety about masculinity in the light of ideals about male heroism and control; the current despair about children and the loss of childhood innocence; the changing attitude of myths about wild men and beasts and the undertow of racism which is expressed in myths about savages and cannibals. The last lecture, on home, brings the themes together to examine ideas about who we are and where we belong, with reference to the British nation and its way of telling its own history. Using a range of examples from video games to Turner's paintings, from popular films to Keats, Marina Warner interweaves her critique of fantasy, dream and prejudice.
Monsters Of Our Own Making
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Author : Marina Warner
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2007-02-23
Monsters Of Our Own Making written by Marina Warner and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-23 with Social Science categories.
In Monsters of Our Own Making, Marina Warner explores the dark realm where ogres devour children and bogeymen haunt the night. She considers the enduring presence and popularity of male figures of terror, establishing their origins in mythology and their current relation to ideas about sexuality and power, youth and age.
Monsters In Society An Interdisciplinary Perspective
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Author : Andrea S. Dauber
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2019-01-04
Monsters In Society An Interdisciplinary Perspective written by Andrea S. Dauber and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-04 with Social Science categories.
Making Monsters
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Author : David Livingstone Smith
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2021-10-12
Making Monsters written by David Livingstone Smith and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-12 with Philosophy categories.
A leading scholar explores what it means to dehumanize othersÑand how and why we do it. ÒI wouldnÕt have accepted that they were human beings. You would see an infant whoÕs just learning to smile, and it smiles at you, but you still kill it.Ó So a Hutu man explained to an incredulous researcher, when asked to recall how he felt slaughtering Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994. Such statements are shocking, yet we recognize them; we hear their echoes in accounts of genocides, massacres, and pogroms throughout history. How do some people come to believe that their enemies are monsters, and therefore easy to kill? In Making Monsters David Livingstone Smith offers a poignant meditation on the philosophical and psychological roots of dehumanization. Drawing on harrowing accounts of lynchings, Smith establishes what dehumanization is and what it isnÕt. When we dehumanize our enemy, we hold two incongruous beliefs at the same time: we believe our enemy is at once subhuman and fully human. To call someone a monster, then, is not merely a resort to metaphorÑdehumanization really does happen in our minds. Turning to an abundance of historical examples, Smith explores the relationship between dehumanization and racism, the psychology of hierarchy, what it means to regard others as human beings, and why dehumanizing others transforms them into something so terrifying that they must be destroyed. Meticulous but highly readable, Making Monsters suggests that the process of dehumanization is deeply seated in our psychology. It is precisely because we are all human that we are vulnerable to the manipulations of those trading in the politics of demonization and violence.
On Monsters
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Author : Stephen T. Asma
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-09
On Monsters written by Stephen T. Asma and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
"A comprehensive modern-day bestiary."--The New Yorker
Monsters And Their Meanings In Early Modern Culture
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Author : Wes Williams
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-05-26
Monsters And Their Meanings In Early Modern Culture written by Wes Williams and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-26 with History categories.
Wes Williams explores the place of monsters in the early modern imagination, charting the migration of the monstrous from natural history to moral philosophy, from descriptions of creatures found in the external world to the drama of human motivation, of sexual and political identity. At its centre are readings of major works of French literature.
Embodying The Monster
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Author : Margrit Shildrick
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2001-11-01
Embodying The Monster written by Margrit Shildrick and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-11-01 with Social Science categories.
Written by one of the most distinguished commentators in the field, this book asks why we see some bodies as ′monstrous′ or ′vulnerable′ and examines what this tells us about ideas of bodily ′normality′ and bodily perfection. Drawing on feminist theories of the body, biomedical discourse and historical data, Margrit Shildrick argues that the response to the monstrous body has always been ambivalent. In trying to organize it out of the discourses of normality, we point to the impossibility of realizing a fully developed, invulnerable self. She calls upon us to rethink the monstrous, not as an abnormal category, but as a condition of attractivenes, and demonstrates how this involves an exploration of relationships between bodies and embodied selves, and a revising of the phenomenology of the body.
Monster Hunter Nemesis
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Author : Larry Correia
language : en
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
Release Date : 2014-06-16
Monster Hunter Nemesis written by Larry Correia and has been published by Baen Publishing Enterprises this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-16 with Fiction categories.
#5 in multiple New York Times bestseller Larry Correias Monster Hunter series. Agent Franks of the U.S. Monster Control Bureau is a man of many parts¾parts from other people, that is. Franks is nearly seven feet tall and all muscle. He's nearly indestructible. Plus hes animated by a powerful alchemical substance and inhabited by a super-intelligent spirit more ancient than humanity itself. Good thing hes on our side. More or less. Sworn to serve and protect the United States of America from all monsters by one of the countrys founding fathers, Franks has only one condition to the agreement: no matter what the government learns of him, no matter what is discovered concerning his odd physiology or the alchemy behind the elixir that made him, the government is never, ever allowed to try and make more like him. Such is absolutely forbidden and should the powers-that-be do so, then the agreement is null and void. Project Nemesis: in a secret location, using sophisticated technology and advanced genetic engineering, the director of the very agency Franks works for is making more like him. And the director is not content with making one. Nope, hes making thirteen. Now all bets are off, and Hell hath no fury like a monster betrayed. Particularly if that monster happens to be an undying killing machine capable of taking out vampires and werewolves with one hand tied behind his back. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). Lexile Score: 800 About Larry Correias Monster Hunter series _[A] no-holds-barred all-out page turner that is part science fiction, part horror, and an absolute blast to read.Ó¾Bookreporter.com _If you love monsters and action, youll love this book. If you love guns, youll love this book. If you love fantasy, and especially horror fantasy, youll love this book.Ó¾Knotclan.com _A gun person who likes science fiction¾or, heck, anyone who likes science fiction¾will enjoy [these books]ãThe plotting is excellent, and Correia makes you care about the charactersãI read both books without putting them down except for workãso whaddaya waitin for? Go and buy someãfor yourself and for stocking stuffers.Ó¾Massad Ayoob About Larry Correias Monster Hunter Vendetta: _This lighthearted, testosterone-soaked sequel to 2009's Monster Hunter International will delight fans of action horror with elaborate weaponry, hand-to-hand combat, disgusting monsters, and an endless stream of blood and body parts.Ó¾Publishers Weekly The Monster Hunter Series Monster Hunter International Monster Hunter Vendetta Monster Hunter Alpha Monster Hunter Legion Monster Hunter Nemesis The Monster Hunters (Omnibus contains Monster Hunter International, Monster Hunter Vendetta, and Monster Hunter Alpha)
Women In Dramatic Place And Time
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Author : Geraldine Cousin
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1996
Women In Dramatic Place And Time written by Geraldine Cousin and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Art categories.
Twenty-nine collected essays represent a critical history of Shakespeare's play as text and as theater, beginning with Samuel Johnson in 1765, and ending with a review of the Royal Shakespeare Company production in 1991. The criticism centers on three aspects of the play: the love/friendship debate.
Six Myths Of Our Time
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Author : Marina Warner
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 1995-01-31
Six Myths Of Our Time written by Marina Warner and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01-31 with History categories.
Is Jurassic Park a work of covert misogynist propaganda? Does romanticizing childhood lead to abusing children? What secret correspondence links Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to video games and Shakespeare's Caliban to Hannibal Lecter? in what ways do our culture's most hallowed legends inform the current debates over single mothers, the men's movement, and animal rights? In these six dazzlingly intelligent and provocative essays, the distinguished English novelist and critic Marina Warner weaves classical mythology, pop culture, and today's headlines into a potent work of cultural criticism that is both unsettling and entertaining. Ranging from Medeato Thelma and Louise and from myths of cannibalism to the politics of rape, Six Myths of Our Time is at once a celebration of the enduring power of fable and a welcome antidote to its more virulent manifestations in our public life.