| Author |
Asma, Stephen T.
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| Title |
On monsters : an unnatural history of our worst fears / Stephen T. Asma. |
| OCLC |
310715504 |
| ISBN |
9780195336160 (hardcover : alk. paper) : |
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019533616X (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Publisher |
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. |
| Description |
xii, 351 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Monsters.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-333) and index. |
| Contents |
Extraordinary beings -- Ancient monsters. Alexander fights monsters in India ; Monsters are nature's playthings ; Hermaphrodites and man-headed oxen ; Monstrous desire -- Medieval monsters : messages from God. Biblical monsters ; Do monsters have souls? ; The monster killer ; Possessing demons and witches -- Scientific monsters : the book of nature is riddled with typos. Natural history, freaks, and nondescripts ; The medicalization of monsters ; Darwin's mutants -- Inner monsters : the psychological aspects. The art of human vulnerability : angst and horror ; Criminal monsters : psychopathology, aggression, and the malignant heart ; Torturers, terrorists, and zombies : the products of monstrous societies ; Future monsters : robots, mutants, and posthuman cyborgs. |
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