Vampires : myths and metaphors of enduring evil / edited by Peter Day.
| Other author | Day, Peter. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2006. |
| Description | xiv, 243 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 28 At the interface/probing the boundaries v. 28. ^A586944 |
| Contents | Part I. Legend of the vampire : Getting to know the un-dead : Bram Stoker, vampires and Dracula / Elizabeth Miller -- "One for ever" : desire, subjectivity and the threat of the abject in Sheridan le Fanu's Carmilla / Hyun-Jung Lee -- Sex, death, and ecstacy : the art of transgression / Lois Drawmer -- The name of the vampire : some reflections on current linguistic theories on the of the word vampire / Peter Mario Kreuter -- The discourse of the vampire in First World War writing / Terry Phillips -- "Dead man walking" : the historical context of vampire beliefs / Darren Oldbridge -- Vampire dogs and marsupia hyenas : fear, myth, and the Tasmanian tiger's extinction / Phil Bagust -- Part II. Vampires for the modern mind : Vampire subcultures / Meg Barker -- Embracing the Metropolis : urban vampires in American cinema of the 1980s and 90s / Stacey Abbott -- Piercing the corporate veil-- with a stake? Vampire imagery and the law / Sharon Sutherland -- The vampire and the cyborg embrace : affect beyond fantasy in virtual materialism / James Tobias -- Looking in the mirror : vampires, the symbolic, and the thing / Fiona Peters -- "Death to vampires!" : the vampire body and the meaning of mutilation / Elizabeth McCarthy -- The un-dead : to be feared or/and pitied / Mursel Icoz -- "You're wining again Louis" : Anne Rice's vampires as indices of the depressive self / Pete Remington. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN | 9042016698 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | GR830.V3 V34 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |