TY - BOOK AU - Levina,Marina AU - Bui,Diem-My T. TI - Monster culture in the 21st century: a reader SN - 9781441178398 (pbk.) : U1 - 791.4'367 23 PY - 2013/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury Academic KW - Monsters in motion pictures KW - Monsters on television KW - Performing Arts KW - eflch KW - ukslc KW - United States KW - Social conditions KW - 21st century KW - Civilization N1 - Specialized N2 - In the past decade, our rapidly changing world faced terrorism, global epidemics, economic and social strife, new communication technologies, immigration, and climate change to name a few. These fears and tensions reflect an interconnected global environment which has produced social, political, and economical uncertainty. The essays in this collection examine how monstrosity has been used to manage these rising fears and tensions ER -