The media vampire has roots throughout the world, far beyond the shores of the usual Dracula-inspired Anglo-American archetypes. Depending on text and context, the vampire is a figure of anxiety and comfort, humor and fear, desire and revulsion. These dichotomies gesture the enduring prevalence of the vampire in mass culture; it can no longer articulate a single feeling or response, bound by time and geography, but is many things to many people. With a global perspective, this collection of essays offers something new and different: a much needed counter-narrative of the vampire's evolution in popular culture. Divided by geography, this text emphasizes the vampiric as a globetrotting citizen du monde rather than an isolated monster.
| ISBN: | 9781476675947 |
| Publication date: | 30th January 2020 |
| Author: | Cait Coker |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Co Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 179 pages |
| Series: | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy |
| Genres: |
Films, cinema Television Popular culture Literature: history and criticism Computer games / online games: strategy guides |
The media vampire has roots throughout the world, far beyond the shores of the usual Dracula-inspired Anglo-American archetypes. Depending on text and context, the vampire is a figure of anxiety and comfort, humor and fear, desire and revulsion. These dichotomies gesture the enduring prevalence of the vampire in mass culture; it can no longer articulate a single feeling or response, bound by time and geography, but is many things to many people. With a global perspective, this collection of essays offers something new and different: a much needed counter-narrative of the vampire's evolution in popular culture. Divided by geography, this text emphasizes the vampiric as a globetrotting citizen du monde rather than an isolated monster.
The Global Vampire features in the following genres: Films, cinema, Television, Popular culture, Literature: history and criticism, Computer games / online games: strategy guides
The Global Vampire is available in Paperback
The Global Vampire was written by Cait Coker and published by McFarland & Co Inc
The Global Vampire has 179 pages
Yes it is part of Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy series
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