pre ohe Consider Cohen's assertion that monsters can represent "cultural, political, racial, economic, (and/or] sexual” difference. In what ways have you seen this process occurring in your everyday life? For example, in what ways do modern media present people as Others? When have you seen monstrous attributes projected onto individual people or groups? Find two examples in which the media uses monstrous attributes to vilify a particular individual or a group, and analyze how language and imagery contribute to the negative characterization. In a small group, choose a monster with which everyone is already familiar. Discuss why people might consider it to be “monstrous." Then, use the internet or other resources to learn about the monster's original cultural significance. In what time period did it originate? Why was it considered “monstrous” at the time? Finally, discuss how this monster resonates with your culture today. How do people “read" this monster today? How might today's understandings of this monster differ from its original cultural meanings? As you read this book, continue to consider how the monsters within it represent the cultures from which they come. Cohen emphasizes that monsters “are disturbing hybrids whose externally incoherent bodies resist attempts to include them in any systematic structuration.” Create an essay or a poster that analyzes explaining the significance of the different hybrid parts and how 66 99 illustrating and they conflict with typical definitions and categories. Also explain how interconnected methods of perceiving the world." In other words, how new and [.. this monster "offers an invitation to explore new spirals, a lo possibilities for poss the does the monster’s lack of categorization open up new interpreting its significance? rem whet orgar to per wond appea should
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