Becoming Vampire is an interdisciplinary study of how the figure of
the vampire in the twenty-first century has been used to create and
define difference, not as either a positive or negative attribute, but
as a catalyst for change and the exploration of new identity
positions. Whilst focusing on the films Let Me In and Let the Right
One In to highlight the referential and intertextual nature of the
genre itself, it utilises a broad spectrum of methodological
approaches to show how the many facets of the vampire can destabilise
traditional categories of who we are and what we might become. This
volume then provides a timely examination of the multifaceted and
multivalent character of the vampire and the possibilities inherent
within our interactions with them, making this study a consideration
of what we might term ‘vampiric becomings’ and an exploration of
why the undead ‘creatures of the night’ remain so fascinating to
Western culture.
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Difference and the Vampire in Popular Culture
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781787072350
Publisert
2018
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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