| Description |
vii, 213 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents |
Gender and the Dracula : what's at stake? -- Vampire transformations : gothic melodrama, sympathy and the self -- Fans re-reading the vampire : issues of gender and the pleasures of pathos -- The predicament of the vampire and the slayer : gothic melodrama in modern America -- Vampire fandom : rebels without a cause? : theorising fandom in the field of cultural production -- Vampire fandom in the field of cultural production : a vampire fan club case study -- Donning fangs : gender, the vampire and dressing the self -- Rewriting the vampire : gender, sexuality and fan fiction -- Conclusion, the vampire and the self : the dilemmas of the dead and the realm of the possible. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-211) and index. |
| Summary |
This title explores the enduring myth of Dracula and vampires and just why it has remained so popular for so long. |
| Subject |
Vampire films -- History and criticism.
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Vampires in literature.
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| ISBN |
190476441X (hbk.) |
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9781904764410 (hbk.) |
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1904764401 (pbk.) |
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9781904764403 (pbk.) |
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