Frankenstein - Monster Culture 1.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? English LiteratureFrankensteinUniversityNone Created by: emmythenotsogreat2014Created on: 20-05-14 18:09 Monster Culture Jeffrey Cohen 1 of 16 The monster exists only to be read 2 of 16 The monster's ability to threats lives in its ability to shift 3 of 16 The monster always escapes because it resists easy categorisation 4 of 16 The monster as a form is ready to smash distinctions 5 of 16 Dialectical other the monster is difference made flesh 6 of 16 Monsters are never created ex nihilo but through a process of recombination 7 of 16 Recombination of various forms and particularly of marginalised social groups 8 of 16 The monster seeks out its creator to find its raison d'etre 9 of 16 Every monster is a double narrative how it came to be and what cultural purpose it serves 10 of 16 The monster's destructiveness is merely a deconstructiveness which reveals that difference originates in process and not fact 11 of 16 The monster is trangressive because it is too sexual 12 of 16 Fear of the monster is really a kind of desire - to make it totalitarian (Levinas) 13 of 16 The monster is linked to forbidden practices in order to normalise and enforce 14 of 16 The monster stands at the threshold of becoming 15 of 16 We push the monster back they come back with self-knowledge - more human than human 16 of 16
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