The Endurance of the Frankenstein Myth:A History of Ideas

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dc.contributor.advisorSmith, Tania
dc.contributor.authorPrescod, Ronald
dc.contributor.committeememberFelske, Lorry
dc.contributor.committeememberForlini, Stefania
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-13T18:49:27Z
dc.date.available2017-02-13T18:49:27Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.submitted2017en
dc.description.abstractThe term “Frankenstein foods” is an interesting and unique phenomenon. The term represents ideas and themes transported over two hundred years from the novel Frankenstein (Shelley, 1818) to contemporary critical discourse about biotechnology. Most studies of Frankenstein’s endurance have focused on the novel’s intrinsic literary form, that is, its reception history, adaptations, interpretations, its publication, or its canonical status as a classic. However, this thesis is a history of ideas that offers a unique examination of Frankenstein’s endurance in mythical form as the Frankenstein myth. A thematic network reveals a chain of ideologies that connects the original Frankenstein myth to contemporary discourse about biotechnology.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPrescod, R. (2017). The Endurance of the Frankenstein Myth:A History of Ideas (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28126en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28126
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3650
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectMass Communications
dc.subjectPhilosophy
dc.subjectAnthropology--Cultural
dc.subject.otherFrankenstein
dc.subject.otherMyth
dc.subject.otherEndurance
dc.subject.otherFrankenstein foods
dc.subject.otherbiotechnology
dc.titleThe Endurance of the Frankenstein Myth:A History of Ideas
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunications Studies
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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