Commissioning Editor at Emerald Publishing & postgraduate student at MMU. Researching witch-wives and witch-mothers in literary and popular culture. MA dissertation on the figure of the witch-wife in twentieth century literature.
Like Mulder and Scully, we exist in a world full of monsters. For as long as there have been huma... more Like Mulder and Scully, we exist in a world full of monsters. For as long as there have been humans, there have been myths, legends, folklore and fairy tales full of monsters, attempting to explore what it means to be human, civilised and safe.
In his essay 'Monster Culture (Seven Theses)' Jeffrey Jerome Cohen explores the view that the monstrous body is a metaphor for the cultural body, as monsters in their various forms anthropomorphise anxieties and act as literal manifestations of cultural unease.
When considering a TV series as progressive and culturally aware as The X Files, it is imperative to understand that the monsters which pervade the narratives are not there by accident—they embody that which threatens and terrifies.
Like Mulder and Scully, we exist in a world full of monsters. For as long as there have been huma... more Like Mulder and Scully, we exist in a world full of monsters. For as long as there have been humans, there have been myths, legends, folklore and fairy tales full of monsters, attempting to explore what it means to be human, civilised and safe.
In his essay 'Monster Culture (Seven Theses)' Jeffrey Jerome Cohen explores the view that the monstrous body is a metaphor for the cultural body, as monsters in their various forms anthropomorphise anxieties and act as literal manifestations of cultural unease.
When considering a TV series as progressive and culturally aware as The X Files, it is imperative to understand that the monsters which pervade the narratives are not there by accident—they embody that which threatens and terrifies.
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In his essay 'Monster Culture (Seven Theses)' Jeffrey Jerome Cohen explores the view that the monstrous body is a metaphor for the cultural body, as monsters in their various forms anthropomorphise anxieties and act as literal manifestations of cultural unease.
When considering a TV series as progressive and culturally aware as The X Files, it is imperative to understand that the monsters which pervade the narratives are not there by accident—they embody that which threatens and terrifies.
Talks by Chloe Campbell
In his essay 'Monster Culture (Seven Theses)' Jeffrey Jerome Cohen explores the view that the monstrous body is a metaphor for the cultural body, as monsters in their various forms anthropomorphise anxieties and act as literal manifestations of cultural unease.
When considering a TV series as progressive and culturally aware as The X Files, it is imperative to understand that the monsters which pervade the narratives are not there by accident—they embody that which threatens and terrifies.