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Monstrous Utopias builds on the growing discourse surrounding the figure of the monster in performance, theatre, media and literature, to reflect on the ways in which such figures can reflect and subvert understandings of society.
This volume considers the ethical and hopeful work of monsters and examines ways in which playwrights, theatre and performance artists, film artists, drag artists, dancers, cultural practitioners and activists have engaged the monster to reflect the ongoing fears (including racist, sexist, homophobic, and others) within society and how they might offer a radical sense of hope. Providing perspectives by top scholars in the field, Monstrous Utopias interrogates the ways in which the figure of the monster can be used in performance as a hopeful figure. This is a global and exploratory collection that offers meaningful insights into the ways in which the figure of the monster can be used to radically envisage utopias and provide moments of hope to audiences, curated by Michael Mark Chemers and Analola Santana, two leaders in the field of monster studies.
These essays are essential reading for Theatre and Performance students of all levels as well as scholars. It will also be an enlightening text for those interested in monstrosity and Cultural Studies more broadly.
Contents
Introduction — Wicked Prisms: Monstrosity as Vor-Schein
PART I. THE MONSTER AS SIGNAL
1. The Monstrous Body is a Discursive Body
2. "There Be Dragons...Awashed in the New World"
3. The Monstrous-Feminine in Performances by Florentina Holzinger
4. Many Monsters in One: Ipi Zombi? And Post-Apartheid South African Sociophonics
5. Who is the Monster? Naming the Monster as Performative Act in Koreeda Hirozaku's Monster (2023)
PART II. LOOKING THROUGH THE MONSTER'S EYES
6. "Here Comes the Hurricane": Confronting Environmental Monstrosity through Comedic Performance
7. Haunting the Genre: The Transformative Power of Immersive Performance in Haunted Attractions
8. Walk Toward The Sunset: Epidemic as Test in Melungeon Narrative
9. Revenge of the Monster Queer: The Cosmic Horror and Eldritch Liberation of Drag
10. Dancing the Monstrous: Manifestations of Female Sexuality in Horror
PART III. THE MONSTER IS US
11. Fearing the Monster Within: Abjection and Empathy in The Whale
12. Dreams of Carcosa: The Utopian Space of Weird Horror and Theatre or a Reparative Reading of The King in Yellow
13. Monstrous Embodiments: The Artistic and Political Potential of Drag Practices in Buenos Aires
14. Vultures and Mud: The Transformational Ecologies of Ochún Ibú Kolé
15. Teratological Becoming(s): Exploring Black Religion Through Monstrous Performance
