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.
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.
Reviews
"This collection offers many layers of what it means to be vampiric and brings a mixture of theories to the discussion; whether you are a student of race, feminism, gender, sexuality, history, hybridity, or nationalism, you will find something here to support your research... This book is both enjoyable and informative; the writing is professional, clear, and interesting. It is not every scholarly book which one can describe as fun and entertaining, but this was both."-Journal of Popular Culture
Awards
Winner of Lord Ruthven Award for Best Nonfiction-International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts 2021 (United States).
Book Information
ISBN 9781476675947
Author Cait Coker
Format Paperback
Page Count 179
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Series Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Weight(grams) 330g
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.
Reviews
"This collection offers many layers of what it means to be vampiric and brings a mixture of theories to the discussion; whether you are a student of race, feminism, gender, sexuality, history, hybridity, or nationalism, you will find something here to support your research... This book is both enjoyable and informative; the writing is professional, clear, and interesting. It is not every scholarly book which one can describe as fun and entertaining, but this was both."-Journal of Popular Culture
Awards
Winner of Lord Ruthven Award for Best Nonfiction-International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts 2021 (United States).
Book Information
ISBN 9781476675947
Author Cait Coker
Format Paperback
Page Count 179
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Series Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Weight(grams) 330g
