Monsters and Monstrosity in Media: Reflections on Vulnerability

The editors of “Monsters and Monstrosity in Media: Reflections on Vulnerability” successfully explore the notions that sight and visibility mobilize the construction of the monster as a technology used to uphold uneven power dynamics and, simultaneously, that monsters and monstrosity undercut sight to imagine alternatives to identity and the human/non-human binary. The contributors carefully examine new ways that the social, historical, technological, and gendered facets of monsters and monstrosity blur the line between those seen as human and the Other deemed non-human.

Dr. Danielle B. Schwartz

Winona State University