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Jan 23, 2021 · “Monster Culture (Seven Theses)” By Jeffrey Jerome Cohen; Edited by Asa Simon Mittman, Marcus Hensel; Book: Classic Readings on Monster Theory; Online publication: 23 January 2021; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781942401209.006
- Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
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Jerome Cohen, Jeffrey. "“Monster Culture (Seven Theses)”" In Classic Readings on Monster Theory: Demonstrare, Volume One edited by Asa Simon Mittman and Marcus Hensel, 43-54. Amsterdam: ARC Humanities Press, 2018.
- Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, “Monster Culture: Seven Theses,” in Monster Theory : Reading Culture, University of Minnesota Press, 1996. Thesis 1: The Monster’s Body Is a Cultural Body. Monsters are born at a metaphoric crossroads as an embodiment of a certain cultural moment -- of a time, a feeling, and a place. If you learn about the monster ...
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1 Monster Culture (Seven Theses) Jeffrey Jerome Cohen. What I will propose here by way of a first foray, as entrance into this book of monstrous content, is a sketch of a new modus legendi: a method of reading cultures from the monsters they engender.
Apr 12, 2021 · Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, an academic of medieval studies, lays out seven theses in Monster Culture. He guides scholars on how to read monsters and the cultures they both shape and are shaped by. Monsters are pure culture and exist “only to be read” (Cohen 4).
May 1, 2013 · Yet, Jeffrey Cohen leads readers of his essay, “Monster Culture,” on this bridge of uncertainty when he poses a polarizing question that could either make the readers believe him completely or doubt his entire theory: “Do monsters really exist?” (20).
Nov 15, 1996 · Monster Theory: Reading Culture. Paperback – November 15, 1996. by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen (Editor) 4.6 50 ratings. See all formats and editions. Explores concepts of monstrosity in Western civilization from Beowulf to Jurassic Park. We live in a time of monsters.
