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Monstrosity: The Human Monster in Visual Culture
Alexa Wright
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Description for Monstrosity: The Human Monster in Visual Culture
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 integrated bw. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 144 x 214 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
From the `Monster of Ravenna' to the `Elephant Man', Myra Hindley and Ted Bundy, the visualisation of `real', human monsters has always played a part in how society sees itself. But what is the function of a monster? Why do we need to embody and represent what is monstrous? This book investigates the appearance of the human monster in Western culture, both historically and in our contemporary society. It argues that images of real (rather than fictional) human monsters help us both to identify and to interrogate what constitutes normality; we construct what is acceptable in humanity by depicting what ... Read more
From the `Monster of Ravenna' to the `Elephant Man', Myra Hindley and Ted Bundy, the visualisation of `real', human monsters has always played a part in how society sees itself. But what is the function of a monster? Why do we need to embody and represent what is monstrous? This book investigates the appearance of the human monster in Western culture, both historically and in our contemporary society. It argues that images of real (rather than fictional) human monsters help us both to identify and to interrogate what constitutes normality; we construct what is acceptable in humanity by depicting what ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780763361
SKU
V9781780763361
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About Alexa Wright
Alexa Wright is Reader in Visual Culture at the University of Westminster. She is also a practicing artist who works with video, sound and interactive digital media
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