Dracula as Absolute Other The Troubling and Distracting Specter of Stoker's Vampire on Screen
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Biographical note
Simon Bacon is an independent scholar based in Poznan, Poland. He has authored and edited many volumes on vampires, monstrosity, science fiction and media studies.âImpressive...has much to offer to vampire studies buffs. More essentially, it sheds a stimulating light on the book/screen dialectic.ââ<i>Cercles</i>
Dark, dangerous and transgressive, Bram Stoker's Dracula is often read as Victorian society's absolute Other--an outsider who troubles and distracts those around him, one who represents the fears and anxieties of the age.
This book is a study of Dracula's role of absolute Other as it appears on screen, and an investigation of popular culture's continued fascination with vampires.
Drawing on vampire films spanning from the early 20th century to 2017, the author examines how different generations construct Otherness and how this is reflected in vampire media.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
One.âUndead Memories and Troubling Histories
Two.âThe Land Beyond the Forest
Three.âThe Trouble with Money
Four.âViolent Distractions
Five.âDistracting Technologies
Filmography
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index