Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of Illustrations xi
4. Introduction 1
5. One On the Ecology of Monsters 6
6. Two Human or Animal? 29
7. Three Race-Nations 55
8. Four Race-Nations II 74
9. Five Gender, Sex, and Monstrous Births 101
10. Six Monstrous Performance and Display 127
11. Seven Gods, Magic, and the Supernatural 160
12. Eight Machines 188
13. Nine Extraterrestrials 213
14. Epilogue 238
15. Acknowledgments 247
16. Notes 251
17. Bibliography 275
18. Index 303