Despite its apparently monolithic definition, "teratology" (from
the Greek word teras, meaning "monster," and the Latin logia, which
is derived from the Greek logos, meaning "a speaking, discourse,
treatise, doctrine, theory, science") seems infinitely malleable,
flourishing in various rhetorical environments. Teratologies are
more than a bestiary: a catalogue of "freaks" designed to celebrate
the "normal." Rather, teratologies illustrate how humor, horror,
fantasy, and the "real" cross-fertilize each other, resulting in
the possibility of new worlds, ethics, and narratives emerging. As
a general anthology of teratologies, this book simply maps what, in
many ways, has already been occurring across several fields, as it
tracks the expansion of this term, creating lacunae that form
connections across multiple interpretive communities. It is a cross
section of how "monster narratives" intersect with "outsider"
positions, from different perspectives - such as those of literary
critics, film critics, criminologists, law professors, historians,
philosophers - and looks into various strategies of destabilizing
normative binaries.
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