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Title:

The modern vampire and human identity / edited by Deborah Mutch, De Montfort University, UK.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xii, 220 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Horror tales, English--History and criticism.
American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Horror tales, American--History and criticism.
Vampires in literature.
Vampire films--History and criticism.
Vampires on television.

Other Authors:

Mutch, Deborah, 1965-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: "a swarm of chuffing draculas": the vampire in English and American literature / Deborah Mutch -- Blood, bodies, books: Kim Newman and the vampire as cultural text / Keith Scott -- Buffy vs. Bella: gender, relationships and the modern vampire / Bethan Jones -- "Hell! was I becoming a vampyre slut?": sex, sexuality and morality in young adult vampire fiction / Hannah Priest -- Consuming clothes and dressing desire in the Twilight series / Sarah Heaton -- Whiteness and the contemporary vampire in film and television / Ewan Kirkland -- The vampiric diaspora: the complications of victimhood and post-memory as configured in the Jewish migrant vampire / Simon Bacon -- Vampires and gentiles: Jews, Mormons and embracing the other / Clare Reed -- Transcending the massacre: vampire Mormons in the Twilight series / Yael Maurer -- The gothic Louisiana of Charlaine Harris and Anne Rice / Victoria Amador -- Matt Haig's the Radleys: vampires for the neoliberal age / Deborah Mutch.

ISBN:

0230370136
9780230370135

OCLC:

(OCoLC)807033099

LCCN:

2012045410

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)