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Vampires : myths and metaphors of enduring evil

Day, Peter. (Added Author).

Summary: In the modern world vampires come in all forms: they can be perpetrators or victims, metaphors or monsters, scapegoats for sinfulness or mirrors of our own evil. What becomes obvious from the scope of the fifteen essays in this collection is that vampires have infiltrated just about every area of popular culture and consciousness. In fact, the way that vampires are depicted in all types of media is often a telling signifier of the fears and expectations of a culture or community and the way that it perceives itself; and others. The volume's essays offer a fascinating insight into both vampires.

Record details

ISBN: 9401201463
ISBN: 9789401201469
ISBN: 9781423788232
ISBN: 1423788230
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 243 pages)
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Publisher: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction; PART I Legend of the Vampire; Getting to know the Un-dead: Bram Stoker, Vampires and Dracula; "One for Ever": Desire, Subjectivity and the Threat of the Abject in Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla; Sex, Death, and Ecstasy: The Art of Transgression; The Name of the Vampire: Some Reflections on Current Linguistic Theories on the Etymology of the Word Vampire; The Discourse of the Vampire in First World War Writing; "Dead Man Walking": The Historical Context of Vampire Beliefs; Vampire Dogs and Marsupial Hyenas: Fear, Myth, and the Tasmanian Tiger's Extinction.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.