Category Archives: monsters

Monster Theory: Culture, Monstrousness and Ourselves

September 19th, 2008 | Posted in cultures, monster theory, monsters

As I searched Amazon.com for reading materials related to the fantastic to add to my wishlist the description of Monster Theory: Reading Culture (University of Minnesota Press, 1996) struck me as intriguing:
“Explores concepts of monstrosity in Western civilization from Beowulf to Jurassic Park.
“We live in a time of monsters. Monsters provide a key to understanding [...]

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Gilmore: Anthropology and Monsters in Cultural Imagination

April 20th, 2008 | Posted in David Gilmore, anthropology, cultures, monsters

In a previous post I mentioned the work of Dr. David Gilmore, an anthropologist who teaches at Stony Brook University. He is the author of Monsters: Evil Beings, Mythical Beasts, and All Manner of Imaginary Terrors (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002), an interesting book that provides an anthropological perspective on monsters in various cultures. [...]

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An Anthropologist Considers Our Monsters

April 8th, 2008 | Posted in Constructing Horror, David Gilmore, anthropology, monsters

A recent e-newsletter from the Constructing Horror website introduced an interesting topic:
“The beasts of past days have given birth to a new kind of creature. In movies like Saw and 28 Days Later, the monsters are powerful and horrifying. But the concept of evil has been turned around on the audiences and what once [...]

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Timothy Beal: Religion and Its Monsters

March 12th, 2008 | Posted in Journal of Religion and Film, Timothy Beal, monsters

Timothy K. Beal is Florence Harkness Professor of Religion and director of the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities at Case Western Reserve University. He has published eight books, including Roadside Religion: In Search of the Sacred, the Strange, and the Substance of Faith (Beacon, 2005), which was a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice [...]

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