Monstrosity

From the ''Monster of Ravenna'' to the ''Elephant Man'', Myra Hindley and Ted Bundy, the visualisation of ''real'', human monsters has always played a part in how society sees itself. But what is the function of a monster? Why do we need to embody and represent what is monstrous? This book investigates the appearance of the human monster in Western culture, both historically and in our contemporar...