In today's culture, it's almost impossible to avoid "monsters." Straight from mythology and legend, these fantastic creatures traipse across our television screens and the pages of our books. Over centuries and across cultures, the inhuman have represented numerous cultural fears and, in more recent times, desires. They are Other. They are Us. This panel will…
deadline for submissions: September 15, 2024 full name / name of organization: Michael A Torregrossa / Association for the Advancement of Scholarship and Teaching of the Medieval in Popular Culture and Monsters & the Monstrous Area of the Northeast Popular Culture Association contact email: medievalinpopularculture@gmail.com Medieval Monsters as Modern Monsters: Exploring Continuums of the Monstrous…
Session I: Inexplicable, Indescribable, Inconceivable MonstersSponsors: MEARCSTAPA Organizers: Mary Leech and Thea Tomaini This session seeks to explore the implied monstrosity of characters through their deeds and/or words with physical features left out or minimally described. Through this approach, this session will analyze how monstrosity is not just a physical attribute, but also related to…
