SCAN 2202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Loch Ness Monster, Saxo Grammaticus, Icelandic Literature
28 Oct 2016
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Humanoid monsters: there are different subsets of monstrous types within the set monster", cryptids: lagarfljotsormur, nessie, bigfoot, chupacapra, Classic" monsters: dragons, griffins, giants: popular monsters: vampires, swamp-things, frankenstein"s monster, the mummy, humanoid monsters: our topic for today. Social construction according to hacking (0) in the present state of affairs, x is taken for granted; x appears to be inevitable. (1) x need not have existed, or need not be at all as it is. X, or x as it is at present, is not determined by the nature of things: some possible x"s to consider. Big city folk think they are better than country folk. Having a ph. d. or a high iq makes you smarter than others. Ingroups - outgroups: group a defines social norms - this creates group b which does adhere to social norms. group b becomes defined by its deviant traits. Normal to be straight, queers cast out. Normal to be white, colored people cast out.
