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Monsters in America: Our Historical Obsession with the Hideous and the Haunting (2018. Auflage)

von W. Scott Poole (Autor)

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Monsters arrived in 2011?and now they are back. Not only do they continue to live in our midst, but, as historian Scott Poole shows, these monsters are an important part of our past?a hideous obsession America cannot seem to escape. Poole?s central argument in Monsters in America is that monster tales intertwine with America?s troubled history of racism, politics, class struggle, and gender inequality. The second edition of Monsters leads readers deeper into America?s tangled past to show how monsters continue to haunt contemporary American ideology. By adding new discussions of the American West, Poole focuses intently on the Native American experience. He reveals how monster stories went west to Sand Creek and Wounded Knee, bringing the preoccupation with monsters into the twentieth century through the American Indian Movement. In his new preface and expanded conclusion, Poole?s tale connects to the present?illustrating the relationship between current social movements and their historical antecedents. This proven textbook also studies the social location of contemporary horror films, exploring, for example, how Get Out emerged from the context of the Black Lives Matter movement. Finally, in the new section "American Carnage," Poole challenges readers to assess what their own monster tales might be and how our sordid past horrors express themselves in our present cultural anxieties. By the end of the book, Poole cautions that America?s monsters aren?t going away anytime soon. If specters of the past still haunt our present, they may yet invade our future. Monsters are here to stay.… (mehr)
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Titel:Monsters in America: Our Historical Obsession with the Hideous and the Haunting
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What makes a monster a monster? More importantly, what is the definition of a monster? In Monsters in America, Scott Poole asks these thought-provoking questions while traveling through American history following the evolution of the monster over time.

Separated by significant eras in American history, a reader gets a clear picture of how the definition of a monster changes depending on the cultural and political events of an era. Poole presents his findings methodically through well-documented facts and similar studies. Starting with the Puritan era and the fear of witches and ending with the modern-day fascination with the monsters within us, i.e. serial killers, each generation faced its own challenges and highlighted its fear within its own monsters. Especially enlightening is the the animistic portrayal and subsequent fear of African-Americans that has permeated society since they were first brought to the Americas on slave ships. What's worse is how these monster images exist even until today.

Mr. Poole's evidence is as intriguing as it is informative. It is an alternative view of history through something that is not necessarily studied in such depth and over such a long period of time. Monsters highlight both the positives and negatives in any society, and as such, require the reader to open one's mind and accept that the history taught in history books may not be the truth. The fear of anything not considered "normal" or not well-understood - e.g. Indians, the physically disabled, African-Americans, deep-sea animals or mammals, science - is a powerful motivator and caused society to vilify those that do not fit the acceptable mold. Anything outside the norm brought about the birth of a monster, which can differ depending on the social, economic, cultural, or political influences of the time.

After reading Monsters in America, a reader will view monsters in a completely different light. No longer just something that goes bump in the night, Mr. Poole showcases that monsters have more meaning and shed more insight into society than one might have previously suspected. Well-written and engaging, Monsters in America is a must-read for anyone fascinated by history or monsters or both.
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Monsters arrived in 2011?and now they are back. Not only do they continue to live in our midst, but, as historian Scott Poole shows, these monsters are an important part of our past?a hideous obsession America cannot seem to escape. Poole?s central argument in Monsters in America is that monster tales intertwine with America?s troubled history of racism, politics, class struggle, and gender inequality. The second edition of Monsters leads readers deeper into America?s tangled past to show how monsters continue to haunt contemporary American ideology. By adding new discussions of the American West, Poole focuses intently on the Native American experience. He reveals how monster stories went west to Sand Creek and Wounded Knee, bringing the preoccupation with monsters into the twentieth century through the American Indian Movement. In his new preface and expanded conclusion, Poole?s tale connects to the present?illustrating the relationship between current social movements and their historical antecedents. This proven textbook also studies the social location of contemporary horror films, exploring, for example, how Get Out emerged from the context of the Black Lives Matter movement. Finally, in the new section "American Carnage," Poole challenges readers to assess what their own monster tales might be and how our sordid past horrors express themselves in our present cultural anxieties. By the end of the book, Poole cautions that America?s monsters aren?t going away anytime soon. If specters of the past still haunt our present, they may yet invade our future. Monsters are here to stay.

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