Limpar Ildiko - The Truths Of Monsters Coming Of Age With Fantastic Media - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: As monster theory highlights monsters are cultural symbols guarding the borders that society creates to protect its values and norms. Adolescence is the time when one explores and aims at crossing borders to learn the rules of the culture that one will fit into as an adult. Exploring the roles of monsters in coming - of - age narratives and the need to confront and understand the monstrous this work explores recent developments in the presentation of monsters - - such as the vampire the zombie and the man - made monster - - in maturation narratives then moves on to discuss monsters inhabiting the psychic landscapes of child characters. Finally it touches on monsters in science fiction in which facing the monstrous is a variation of the New World narrative. Discussions of novels by M. R. Carey Suzanne Collins Neil Gaiman Theodora Goss Daryl Gregory Sarah Maria Griffin Seanan Mc Guire Stephenie Meyer Patrick Ness and Jon Skovron are complemented by analysis of television series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Westworld.
Title: The Truths Of Monsters Coming Of Age With Fantastic Media
Author(s): Limpar Ildiko, C.W. Sullivan Iii
Publisher: Mcfarland & Co Inc
Barcode: 9781476683485
Pages: 257 Pages, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Publication Date: 4/2/2021
Series: Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Category: Popular Culture