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Monsters as a Mirror of Cultural Anxiety

Special | 42m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

Frances Auld and George Christiansen focus on monsters in literature and pop culture.

Frances Auld, Assistant Professor, English, UW-Baraboo/Sauk County, and George Christiansen, Senior Lecturer, Anthropology-Sociology, UW-Baraboo/Sauk County, explore the use of monsters in medieval literature, as a part of contemporary and popular culture and through an anthropological lens.

10/30/2012 | Rating TV-G

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Monsters as a Mirror of Cultural Anxiety

Special | 42m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

Frances Auld, Assistant Professor, English, UW-Baraboo/Sauk County, and George Christiansen, Senior Lecturer, Anthropology-Sociology, UW-Baraboo/Sauk County, explore the use of monsters in medieval literature, as a part of contemporary and popular culture and through an anthropological lens.

10/30/2012 | Rating TV-G

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