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Subject Headings for Searching

Keywords on Monster Themes

Library of Congress Subject Headings – used to categorize books

Monsters

Monsters—Symbolic Aspects

Monsters in literature

Monsters in motion pictures

Monsters in television

Monsters in art

Monsters in popular culture

Monsters History

Broader Terms

Animals, Mythical

Criminal Psychology

Folklore

Psychology, Pathological

Vampires

Vampires in Literature

Werewolves

Zombies

Ghosts

Horror Fiction

Keywords from Syllabus Introduction

  • Monsters and cultural body
  • Anxieties, fear,
  • Memory, trauma
  • Fantasies
  • Prohibition, difference, desire
  • Monsters are both:  physical manifestations & psychological manifestations
  • Monstrosity
  • Forms of difference
    • Gender
    • Race
    • Sexuality
    • disability

Overview Sources on Monster Theory

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