Classic Readings on Monster Theory

Classic Readings on Monster Theory provides an overall vision of the monster as aptly defined by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen: a dweller at the gates of difference, the monster is a dialectical cultural, political, racial, economic, and sexual Other which strikingly originates Within. This volume ably demonstrates that monsters are worthy of thoughtful scholarly consideration in light of a consistently positive interpretation, and provides the tools to afford the uninitiated a more guided incursion into monster land.

~Alexandra Cheira, Limina 28, no. 2 (2023): 78-80