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Susanne Schotanus, Director of Publications, Progressive Connexions  \nEditorial Board  \nAnn-Marie Cook, Principal Policy and Legislation Officer, Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney General, Australia  \nTeresa Cutler-Broyles, Director of Programmes, Progressive Connexions  \nJohn Parry, Edward Brunet Professor of Law, Lewis and Clark Law School, USA Lorraine Rumson, Network Director, Progressive Connexions  \nKarl Spracklen, Professor of Music, Leisure and Culture, Leeds Beckett University, UK  \nAbout the Series  \nEmerald Interdisciplinary Connexions promotes innovative research and encourages exemplary interdisciplinary practice, thinking and living. Books in the series focus on developing dialogues between disciplines and among disciplines, professions, practices and vocations in which the interaction of chapters and authors is of paramount importance. They bring cognate topics and ideas into orbit with each other whilst simultaneously alerting readers to new questions, issues and problems. The series encourages interdisciplinary interaction and knowledge sharing and, to this end, promotes imaginative collaborative projects which foster inclusive pathways to global understandings.  \nInterdisciplinary Essays on Monsters and the Monstrous:  \nImagining Monsters to Understand our Socio-Political and Psycho-Emotional Realities  \nEDITED BY  \nM. SUSANNE SCHOTANUS Progressive Connexions, Netherlands  \nUnited Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China  \nEmerald Publishing Limited  \nHoward House, Wagon Lane, Bingley BD16 1WA, UK  \nFirst edition 2022  \nEditorial matter and selection © 2022 M. Susanne Schotanus.  \nIndividual chapters © 2022 The authors.  \nPublished under exclusive licence by Emerald Publishing Limited.  \nReprints and permissions service  \nContact: [permissions@emeraldinsight.com](permissions@emeraldinsight.com)  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without either the prior written permission of the publisher or a licence permitting restricted copying issued in the UK by The Copyright Licensing Agency and in the USA by The Copyright Clearance Center. Any opinions expressed in the chapters are those of the authors. Whilst Emerald makes every effort to ensure the quality and accuracy of its content, Emerald makes no representation implied or otherwise, as to the chapters’ suitability and application and disclaims any warranties, express or implied, to their use.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library  \nISBN: 978-1-80117-028-4 (Print)  \nISBN: 978-1-80117-027-7 (Online)  \nISBN: 978-1-80117-029-1 (Epub)  \nTable of Contents  \nAbout the Editor  \nAbout the Contributors  \nAcknowledgments  \nIntroduction: Monsters and the Monstrous  \nM. 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