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Performing Arts History & Criticism

Monsters and Monstrosity in 21st-Century Film and Television

edited by Cristina Artenie & Ashley Szanter

Publisher
Universitas Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2017
Category
History & Criticism, Horror & Supernatural, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Gothic & Romance
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780995029187
    Publish Date
    Mar 2017
    List Price
    $38.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781988963167
    Publish Date
    Mar 2019
    List Price
    $31.00
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781988963631
    Publish Date
    May 2023
    List Price
    $61.00

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Description

This volume contains discussions and dissections of monsters across multiple media and geographical origins. However, the notable shifts in how we engage monsters and monstrosity feature heavily in this volume. Chapters tackle resurrections of previous series and conversations through films like Jurassic World and Krampus. Others gravitate towards the rebirth of some of the older, tried and true monsters like vampires and zombies, including analyses of Pride And Prejudice + Zombies, The Originals, The Vampire Diaries, iZombie, and Teen Wolf – all of which reinterpreted and reinvented these creatures for the modern audience. While the text serves to address these new iterations of the “Classic” monsters in the cannon, others look at strangers, more fringe monster narratives like Pan’s Labyrinth, The Village, or even the very real parasitic monstrosities of Monsters Inside Me.

About the authors

Contributor Notes

Cristina Artenie is the editor of Gothic and Racism and co-editor of Dracula: The Postcolonial Edition.

 

Ashley Szanter is co-editor of Romancing the Zombie: Essays on the Undead as Significant "Other," and author of multiple articles and book chapters about zombies and the undead.