Frankenstein, Monster Culture 5.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? English LiteratureFrankensteinUniversityNone Created by: emmythenotsogreat2014Created on: 20-05-14 18:32 Monster Culture Jeffrey Cohen 1 of 15 The monster exists only to be read 2 of 15 The monster's ability to threat lives in its ability to shift 3 of 15 The monster always escapes because it refuses easy categorisation 4 of 15 The monster is a form ready to smash distinctions 5 of 15 The dialectical other the monster is difference made flesh 6 of 15 Monsters are never created ex nihilo They are from recombinations - especially of marginalised social groups 7 of 15 The monster seeks out its creator to find its raison d'etre 8 of 15 Every monster is a double narrative one describing monster's creation, other its cultural purpose 9 of 15 The monster's destructiveness is really a deconstructiveness which threatens to reveal that difference originates in process not fact 10 of 15 The monster is transgressive because it is too sexual 11 of 15 Fear of the monster is really a kind of desire 12 of 15 The monster is continually linked to forbidden practices to normalise and enforce 13 of 15 The monster stands at the threshold of becoming 14 of 15 We push the monster back it comes back with self-knowledge - more human than human 15 of 15
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