Description
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.
Author: Cait Coker
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Published: 03/04/2020
Pages: 251
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.80w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781476675947
ISBN10: 1476675945
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film | Genres | Horror
- Literary Criticism | Horror & Supernatural
- Social Science | Folklore & Mythology
Author: Cait Coker
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Published: 03/04/2020
Pages: 251
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.80w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781476675947
ISBN10: 1476675945
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film | Genres | Horror
- Literary Criticism | Horror & Supernatural
- Social Science | Folklore & Mythology
About the Author
Cait Coker is associate professor and curator of rare books and manuscripts at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on genre history, women's writing, and the history of women in publishing.