{"product_id":"monsters-a-companion-paperback","title":"Monsters: A Companion - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon Bacon\u003c\/b\u003e (Other), \u003cb\u003eSimon Bacon\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat are Monsters? Monsters serve as a warning about something amiss in our surroundings. This collection of original and accessible essays looks at a variety of contemporary monsters from literature, film, television, music and the internet in their respective cultural contexts. Texts range from \u003ci\u003eDistrict 9 \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eCleverman \u003c\/i\u003eto Lady Gaga.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSimon Bacon\u003c\/strong\u003e has edited books on various subjects including \u003cem\u003eUndead Memory: Vampires and Human Memory in Popular Culture\u003c\/em\u003e (2014) and \u003cem\u003eGrowing Up with Vampires: Essays on the Undead in Children's Media\u003c\/em\u003e (2018), both with Katarzyna Bronk, and \u003cem\u003eGothic: A Reader\u003c\/em\u003e (2018), \u003cem\u003eHorror: A Companion\u003c\/em\u003e (2019), and \u003cem\u003eTransmedia: A Companion \u003c\/em\u003e(forthcoming). He has published the monographs \u003cem\u003eBecoming Vampire: Difference and the Vampire in Popular Culture\u003c\/em\u003e (2016), \u003cem\u003eDracula as Absolute Other: The Troubling and Distracting Specter of Stoker's Vampire on Screen\u003c\/em\u003e (2019), and \u003cem\u003eEco-Vampires: The Vampire as Environmentalist and Undead Eco-activist\u003c\/em\u003e (2020) and is currently working on \u003cem\u003eInvasion of Vampires From Another World: The Cinematic Alien Progeny of War of the Worlds and Dracula\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50362219167981,"sku":"9781788746649","price":68.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/WpojJeDGuT9781788746649.webp?v=1785399093","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/monsters-a-companion-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}