|
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions
|
Buy Now
Monster Culture in the 21st Century - A Reader (Paperback, New)
Loot Price: R1,536
Discovery Miles 15 360
|
|
|
Monster Culture in the 21st Century - A Reader (Paperback, New)
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
In the past decade, our rapidly changing world faced terrorism,
global epidemics, economic and social strife, new communication
technologies, immigration, and climate change to name a few. These
fears and tensions reflect an evermore-interconnected global
environment where increased mobility of people, technologies, and
disease have produced great social, political, and economical
uncertainty. The essays in this collection examine how monstrosity
has been used to manage these rising fears and tensions. Analyzing
popular films and televisions shows, such as True Blood, Twilight,
Paranormal Activity, District 9, Battlestar Galactica, and Avatar,
it argues that monstrous narratives of the past decade have become
omnipresent specifically because they represent collective social
anxieties over resisting and embracing change in the 21st century.
The first comprehensive text that uses monstrosity not just as a
metaphor for change, but rather a necessary condition through which
change is lived and experienced in the 21st century, this approach
introduces a different perspective toward the study of monstrosity
in culture.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
