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Becoming the Other: Horror’s Transformative Power

If you ask someone (other than a philosopher) what comes to mind when you say, "the other," chances are the reply will refer to a monster of one kind or another. In my line of work, as a scholar and teacher of horror studies with a research expertise in the horror film, otherness is a […] The post Becoming the Other:

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If you ask someone (other than a philosopher) what comes to mind when you say, "the other," chances are the reply will refer to a monster of one kind or another.

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If you ask someone (other than a philosopher) what comes to mind when you say, "the other," chances are the reply will refer to a monster of one kind or another. In my line of work, as a scholar and teacher of horror studies with a research expertise in the horror film, otherness is a […] The post Becoming the Other: Horror's Transformative Power first appeared on Blog of the APA.

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