Table of Contents

Introduction / Ashley Szanter; Loving Monsters: Understanding Horror Fiction Consumption as a Response to the Uncertainty of American Identity / Marylou Naumoff; The Enemy Within: Deconstructing the Emerging Femininity in Contemporary Monster Films / Coco D'Hont; Twice Dead: Gender, Class, and Crisis in Pride and Prejudice + Zombies / Erin Casey-Williams and Erika Cornelius Smith; Monstrous Parasites, Monstrous Selves / Kristine Larsen; Spot the Monster: Pack, Identity, and Humanity in MTV's Teen Wolf / Tracy Thomas; Sticking Together a Soul: Plato, St. Gregory of Nyssa, and I, Frankenstein / Heather L. Duda; That's Not a Real Dinosaur: The Indominus Rex and Monstrosity in Jurassic World / Brooke Southgate; The Shadow of Saint Nicholas: Doughertys Krampus / Alissa Burger and Jenny Collins; Unmasking the Bite: Pleasure, Sexuality, and Vulnerability in the Vampire Series / Tatiana Prorokova; Zombie Blues: The Depressing Rise of the Living Dead in Contemporary Television / Alberto N. Garcia; The Monster at the End of This Book: Authorship and Monstrosity in Supernatural / Jessica George; Notes on Contributors

About the Author

Ashley Szanter, a graduate of Weber State University, is now an industry content writer and editor in Utah.