Vampires : myths and metaphors of enduring evil

Vampires : myths and metaphors of enduring evil / edited by Peter Day.

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 po...

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Other Authors: Day, Peter (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2006.
Series:At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 28.
Subjects:
Vampires.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Vampires
Online Access:Click for online access
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 243 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:1423788230
9781423788232
9789401201469
9401201463
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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