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Hosting the Monster responds to the call of the monstrous with, not rejection, but invitation. Positing the monster as that which defies classification, the essays in this collection are an ongoing engagement with that which lies outside of established boundaries. With chapters ranging from the monstrous mother or the deformed child to subjectivity in transition, this volume is not only of interest to film and gender scholars and literary and cultural theorists but also students of popular culture or horror. Its wide appeal stems from its invitation both to entertain the monster and to widen the call to and the listening for the monsters that have not yet, and perhaps must not yet, come calling back. This sense of hospitality and non-hostility is one guiding principle of this collection, suggesting that the ability to survey and research the otherwise may reveal more about the subjectivity of the self through the wisdom of the other, however monstrous the manifestation.

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Book category Books in English The arts Film, TV & radio Films, cinema

• Full title: Hosting the Monster
• Author: Holly Lynn Baumgartner, Roger Davis
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• EAN: 9789042024861
• ISBN: 9789042024861
• ID: 09012196
• Publisher: Brill
• Weight: 404 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. October 2008

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