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"A collection of fresh interventions into the field of monster studies that brings into conversation a wide variety of scholarly disciplines"The Metaphor of the Monster offers fresh perspectives and a variety of disciplinary approaches to the ever-broadening field of monster studies. The eclectic group of contributors to this volume represents areas of study not generally considered under the purview of monster studies, including world literature, classical studies, philosophy, ecocriticism, animal ethics, and gender studies.Combining historical overviews with contemporary and global outlooks, this volume recontextualizes the monstrous entities that have always haunted the human imagination in the age of the Anthropocene. It also invites reflection on new forms of monstrosity in an era epitomized by an unprecedented deluge of (mis)information. Uniting researchers from varied academic backgrounds in a common effort to challenge the monstrous labels that have historically been imposed upon "the Other," this book endeavors above all to bring the monster out of the shadows and into the light of moral consideration

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Giants, cannibals and other monsters were a regular feature of Renaissance illustrated maps, inhabiting the Americas alongside other indigenous peoples. In a new approach to views of distant peoples, Surekha Davies analyzes this archive alongside prints, costume books and geographical writing. Using sources from Iberia, France, the German lands, the Low Countries, Italy and England, Davies argues that mapmakers and viewers saw these maps as careful syntheses that enabled viewers to compare different peoples. In an age when scholars, missionaries, native peoples and colonial officials debated whether New World inhabitants could - or should - be converted or enslaved, maps were uniquely suited for assessing the impact of environment on bodies and temperaments. Through innovative interdisciplinary methods connecting the European Renaissance to the Atlantic world, Davies uses new sources and questions to explore science as a visual pursuit, revealing how debates about the relationship between humans and monstrous peoples challenged colonial expansion.

Cartography --- Geography --- Monsters --- Symbolic aspects of monsters --- Symbolism --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Cartography, Primitive --- Chartography --- Map-making --- Mapmaking --- Mapping (Cartography) --- Mathematical geography --- Surveying --- Map projection --- Maps --- History --- Sociological aspects --- Symbolic aspects --- 912:325 --- 912:930 --- 930.85 "15/17" --- 391/397 --- 391/397 Ethnografie --- Ethnografie --- Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen-:-Landverhuizing. Kolonisatie. Immigratie. Emigratie --(politiek) --- Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen-:-Geschiedwetenschap. Hulpwetenschappen der geschiedenis --- Cultuurgeschiedenis. Kultuurgeschiedenis--Moderne Tijd --- 930.85 "15/17" Cultuurgeschiedenis. Kultuurgeschiedenis--Moderne Tijd --- 912:930 Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen-:-Geschiedwetenschap. Hulpwetenschappen der geschiedenis --- 912:930 Cartography. Maps. Atlasses-:-Geschiedwetenschap. Hulpwetenschappen der geschiedenis --- Cartography. Maps. Atlasses-:-Geschiedwetenschap. Hulpwetenschappen der geschiedenis --- 912:325 Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen-:-Landverhuizing. Kolonisatie. Immigratie. Emigratie --(politiek) --- 912:325 Cartography. Maps. Atlasses-:-Landverhuizing. Kolonisatie. Immigratie. Emigratie --(politiek) --- Cartography. Maps. Atlasses-:-Landverhuizing. Kolonisatie. Immigratie. Emigratie --(politiek) --- Western Hemisphere --- Cartography - Europe - History - 16th century --- Cartography - Europe - History - 17th century --- Geography - Sociological aspects --- Monsters - Symbolic aspects --- Western Hemisphere - Maps --- Sociological aspects. --- Hemisphere, Western --- New World --- Earth (Planet)