Monstrous Language

Othering, Scripted Speech, and (In)humanity
1. Auflage 2028
ISBN: 978-3-11-224391-6
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 37, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 500 g

Reihe: Language and Social Life [LSL]

What can language tell us about what it means to be – or not be – human? This edited volume is an interdisciplinary examination of the language of monsters and the monstrous as a way of advancing our understandings of the role of language in othering, defamiliarization, and dehumanization. With chapters spanning a variety of geographical, media, and linguistic contexts, the studies here unpack how the voices we ascribe to monsters reflect the kinds of language practices we (want to) view as odd, unknowable, horrific, or less than human, and reveal the bounds within which “we” may operate through language lest we become monstrous ourselves.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Robertson, Wesley C.

Dahlberg-Dodd, Hannah E.

Über Autor(innen)

Wesley C. Robertson, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia; Hannah E. Dahlberg-Dodd, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.