Maggot therapy and monstrosity: the grotesque in Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood

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Maggot therapy and monstrosity: the grotesque in Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood

Speculative fiction is able to foresee the changes of the environment and social strata via imitation of future society (Gough, 2003; Otto, 2012). With the same intention, Margaret Atwood makes use of an alternative natural medication, maggot therapy, as an important recuperative method to cure phys...

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Main Authors:	Ong, Li Yuan, Ali Termizi, Arbaayah, Moghadam, Nahid Shahbazi, Talif, Rosli
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2018
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66249/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66249/1/32%20JSSH%28S%29-0581-2017-3rdProof.pdf

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