{"product_id":"monstrosity-identity-and-music-9781501380044","title":"Monstrosity Identity and Music","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexis Luko\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Musicology and the Director of the School of Music at the University of Victoria, Canada. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSonatas, Screams, and Silence: Music and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSound in the Films of Ingmar Bergman\u003c\/i\u003e (2016).\u003cb\u003eJames K. Wright\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Music in the School for Studies in Art and Culture and the College of Humanities at Carleton University, Canada. A McGill University Governor General's Gold Medal recipient, his publications include two award-winning books on Arnold Schoenberg, and \u003ci\u003eThey Shot, He Scored\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), a monograph on the life and work of the prolific film composer Eldon Rathburn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe hate monsters, but we need them, and that’s what makes them so endlessly fascinating. For those who take monstrosity seriously, this collection of essays—with topics ranging from Frankenstein’s celebrated creature to werewolves and wraiths—offers plenty of food for thought. * James Wierzbicki, author of Film Music: A History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction   Part I: Frankenstein in Film, Theatre, Music, Comics and Visual Art  1. Frankenstein’s Frontispiece, the Missing Phallus and the Pornographer: The Alchemy of Conceiving Monstrosities \u003ci\u003eMarie Mulvey-Roberts, University of the West of England, UK\u003c\/i\u003e   2. Monstrous Encounters: The Aesthetic Psychology of Screen Frankensteins \u003ci\u003eKevin J. Donnelly, University of Southampton, UK\u003c\/i\u003e   3. Frankenstein and the Media of Serial Figures \u003ci\u003eShane Denson, Stanford University, USA\u003c\/i\u003e  4. Musical Directions, Sound and Song in \u003ci\u003ePresumption, or the Fate of Frankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e (1823) \u003ci\u003eJohn Higney, Carleton University, Canada\u003c\/i\u003e   5. Birth of a ‘Miserable Monster’: The Theatricality of Male Self-Procreation in Stage and Screen Adaptations of Frankenstein \u003ci\u003eAndré Loiselle, St. Thomas University, Canada\u003c\/i\u003e  6. Excising the Repulsive: Mysticism and Psychology in Edison’s \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein \u003c\/i\u003e(1910) \u003ci\u003eEthan Towns, Trent University, Canada\u003c\/i\u003e   7. Frankenstein’s Organ Transplant: Adaptation in Afro-Futurist and Electronic Dance Musics \u003ci\u003eMark McCutcheon, Athabaska University, Canada\u003c\/i\u003e   Part II: Monstrosity in Music, Film and Video Games  8. Monstrosity as a Queer Aesthetic \u003ci\u003eLloyd Whitesell, McGill University, Canada\u003c\/i\u003e   9. Twelve-tone Terror: Representing Horror and Monstrosity in Dodecaphonic Film Music \u003ci\u003eJames K. Wright, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarleton University, Canada\u003c\/i\u003e  10. The Horror, the Horror! White Women are the True Monsters in Jordan Peele’s \u003ci\u003eGet Out\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrederick W. Gooding, Jr., \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTexas Christian University, USA\u003c\/i\u003e   11. Indigeneity as Monstrosity in \u003ci\u003eThe Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMurray Leeder, University of Manitoba, Canada\u003c\/i\u003e  12. A 'Distaste for. . . Allegory' or: In the Bowels of Horror  \u003ci\u003eDaniel Humphrey, Texas A\u0026amp;M University, USA\u003c\/i\u003e  13.Tragic Wraiths, Seductive Sirens and Man-Eating Vampires: Female Monstrosity in \u003ci\u003eThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt \u003c\/i\u003eVideo Game \u003ci\u003eSarah Stang, Brock University, Canada\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003ci\u003eBibliography    Filmography\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52084976124247,"sku":"9781501380044","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501380044.jpg?v=1762207788","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/monstrosity-identity-and-music-9781501380044","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}