Rhetoric of the monstrous
Posted by Celia Walter | 19 Nov, 2007First annual conference on the rhetoric of the monstrous
The webpage for the First Annual Conference on the Rhetoric of the
Monstrous (Stanford University, 2005) contains the full-text conference
proceedings. The Conference papers examining a variety of monsters from
history, literature, popular culture, and contemporary media
representations (such as cults, paedophiles, GM 'frankenfoods', and
plastic surgery). This will be a useful resource for those seeking a
wide introduction to current thinking and research on the topic of
monsters.
From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.stanford.edu/~njbuff/conference_fall05/