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351 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780195336160
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 01 October 2009
Description
Hailed as "a feast" (Washington Post) and "a modern-day bestiary" (The New Yorker), Stephen Asma's On Monsters is a wide-ranging cultural and conceptual history of monsters--how they have evolved over time, what functions they have served for us, ...
Community Reviews Summary of 145 reviews
Moods
dark 57%
reflective 42%
challenging 14%
funny 14%
lighthearted 14%
Pace
medium 42%
fast 14%
Average rating
Content Warnings
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Moderate
Ableism, Antisemitism, Body horrorMinor
Infertility, Colonisation
351 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780195336160
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 01 October 2009
Description
Hailed as "a feast" (Washington Post) and "a modern-day bestiary" (The New Yorker), Stephen Asma's On Monsters is a wide-ranging cultural and conceptual history of monsters--how they have evolved over time, what functions they have served for us, ...
Community Reviews Summary of 145 reviews
Moods
dark 57%
reflective 42%
challenging 14%
funny 14%
lighthearted 14%
Pace
medium 42%
fast 14%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Moderate
Ableism, Antisemitism, Body horrorMinor
Infertility, Colonisation