NS RS New publication \Whatate Monsters? Monsters are everywhere, from cyberbllies online to vampiresonscreen: the twenty-first century is a monstrous age ‘Theroot ofthe word smonster»mesnssomens foravearning»,andif monsters frighten us, ‘because they areheretowarn us about some ‘thing amiss in ourselves and in our society. Humanity has given birth to these monsters, and they grow and ehange with us, carrying ‘thescatsof their birth with hem. Thiscolle tion of original and accessible essays looks at {variety of contemporary monsters from it: ‘erature film, television, music and the inte ret within their respective historical and cu turatcontexts Beginning witha cial intro duction that explores the concept of the ‘monster in the work of fetley Jerome Cohen, Jack Halberstam, Elaine Showalter and more, the book takesa broad approach tothe moa: ster, ineluding not only classic slasher films, sevatilers(BatesMote.helivingdead (Game (of Thrones) and aliens (District 9), but also by per-contemporary examples ike clones (Or ‘han Black) eyberbllies(Cyberbuli, vital out breaks (The Stain) and celebrities (Lady Gaga), Genderand culture ate especialy emphasized Inthe volume, with essays onthe role of gen derand sexuality in defining the monster(AMS ‘Apocalypse and global monsters (leverman, [Li orona)-This compact gulde tothe mon ster in contemporary culture willbeuseful SeaTac) Monsters ACompanion oxford, 2020, ‘GenteFictionand Film Companions. Vol 5 ph IsbNo78.19887466¢9 CHF 39~/€03395/€834~/€3090/25~/US 3295 eBook ISBN 978 173874.6556 HIF 39-/€3305/€%34-/€3090/35~/USS 295 Ww (Order online at wwrm:peterlangcom send your order to order@petelang.com teachers, students nd fanstookingtoexpand theirunderstanding ofthis important cultural figure SIMON wacox has edited books on various subjets including Undead Memory Vampires ‘andl Humen Memory in Popular Cultre (2014) and Growing Up with Vampires: Essays onthe Undead in Children’s Media (201) both with Katarzyna Bronk, and Gothic-A Reader (2018), Horror: A Companion (203) and Transmeta A Companion forthcoming). He has published themonographs Becoming Vampire Diference andthe Vampire in Popular Culture 2016), Drae tla a Absolute Other: The Troubling and Dis tracting Specter of Stoker: Vampire on Screen {2019}, nd Eco-Vampire: The Vampire as Env ronmentalist and Undead Feo-actvist (2020) andis currently working on invasion of Von pires From Another World: The Cinematic Alien Progeny of War ofthe Worlds and Dracula Subscribe toour newsletters wun peterlang.com/subscribe ookeallections Aa trum patongornsbooke & PETER LANG INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS SERN + BERLIN = aRURELLES » rstaxaUL EW YORK» OXFORD» WARSRAIA = WIEN @ reetengpustanes © Hrxstonoroun © (corvarynetatangtser