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Tag Archives: transformation
Science and the Evolutionary Monster
I really enjoyed this article, ‘Evolutionary Theory and its Monstrous Wonders’ by Donna McCormack. It resonated with the ideas regarding hybridity and monstrosity that I have been exploring in my chapter on Whitley Strieber’s werewolves. It has also got me … Continue reading
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Tagged evolution, Gothic science, horror, Monsters, popular culture, science, SF, television, The X-Files, transformation, Werewolves
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CFP: Trans-states: The Art of Crossing Over
The University of Northampton is hosting a conference called ‘Trans-states: The Art of Crossing Over’ (9th-10th September 2016). Abstracts and proposals of 250-300 words should be sent in by the 20th March 2016. Further details can be found here.
Posted in CFP (Conferences)
Tagged Feminism, Gothic, Hybridity, identity, Monsters, sexuality, Trans, transformation
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Top 10 Werewolf Scenes
Bill posted a YouTube video containing the ‘Top 10 Werewolf Scenes’. Most of these scenes centre, understandably, on the transformation of man into wolf/ lupine monster. Interestingly the obsessive recording of the agonising transformation is a relatively recent addition to … Continue reading