Disgust and desire : : the paradox of the monster / / edited by Kristen Wright.
Monsters have taken many forms across time and cultures, yet within these variations, monsters often evoke the same paradoxical response: disgust and desire. We simultaneously fear monsters and take pleasure in seeing them, and their role in human culture helps to explain this apparent contradiction...
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Superior document: | At the Interface/Probing the Boundaries, Volume 91 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherland ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill Rodopi,, 2018. ©2018 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
Series: | At the interface/probing the boundaries ;
v. 91. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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