Introduction: Monsters and Change

Yasmine Musharbash; Geir Henning Presterudstuen

doi:10.4324/9781003086130-1

Introduction: Monsters and Change

Yasmine Musharbash, Geir Henning Presterudstuen

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Abstract

This chapter introduces the volume and defines monsters as embodiments of cultural moments. It proposes different avenues for the investigation of how monsters and change intersect: (1) emergence, (2) adaptation, (3) appropriation, (4) amalgamation, (5) extinction, and (6) succession. It contours approaches from anthropology and monster studies for each of these, as well as bringing together contrasting examples. It highlights the insights to be gained by analysing processes of change from a vantage point of monstrous transformation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Monster Anthropology: Ethnographic Explorations of Transforming Social Worlds Through Monsters
Editors	Y Musharbash & G H Presterudstuen
Place of Publication	London and New York
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages	1-27
Volume	1
Edition	1st
ISBN (Print)	9781350096257
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003086130-1
Publication status	Published - 2020

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Monster Anthropology: Ethnographic Explorations of Transforming Social Worlds Through Monsters. ed. / Y Musharbash & G H Presterudstuen. Vol. 1 1st. ed. London and New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020. p. 1-27.

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