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- catalog abstract ""While vampire stories have been part of Western culture since the beginning of the nineteenth century, it has been in recent dccades that they have become a central part of American popular culture. Vampire Legends in Contemporary American Culture examines how vampire stories - from Bram Stoker's Dracula to Blacula, from Bela Lugosi to Love at First Bite - have become part of our ongoing debate about what it means to be human." "William Patrick Day looks at how writers and filmmakers as diverse as Anne Rice and Andy Warhol present the vampire as an archetype of human identity and how many postmodern vampire stories reflect our fear of and attraction to addiction and violence. He argues that the prevailing tendency of authors in the first half of the twentieth century to use vampire characters to caution against succumbing to sexual impulse has since changed; today, in the vampire's struggle between embracing and denying its nature, we see reflected our own uncertain balance between moral restraint and liberation."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12602263.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""While vampire stories have been part of Western culture since the beginning of the nineteenth century, it has been in recent dccades that they have become a central part of American popular culture. Vampire Legends in Contemporary American Culture examines how vampire stories - from Bram Stoker's Dracula to Blacula, from Bela Lugosi to Love at First Bite - have become part of our ongoing debate about what it means to be human."".
- catalog description ""William Patrick Day looks at how writers and filmmakers as diverse as Anne Rice and Andy Warhol present the vampire as an archetype of human identity and how many postmodern vampire stories reflect our fear of and attraction to addiction and violence. He argues that the prevailing tendency of authors in the first half of the twentieth century to use vampire characters to caution against succumbing to sexual impulse has since changed; today, in the vampire's struggle between embracing and denying its nature, we see reflected our own uncertain balance between moral restraint and liberation."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Vampire History -- 2. The Vampire Liberation Front -- 3. The Dracula Variations: Part I -- 4. Post-Human Vampires: "We Are Animals" -- 5. The Dracula Variations: Part II -- 6. Return of the Slayer -- Conclusion: The Persistence of Legend.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-187) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 192 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Vampire legends in contemporary American culture.".
- catalog identifier "0813122422 (cloth : alk. paper) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Vampire legends in contemporary American culture.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lexington : University Press of Kentucky,".
- catalog relation "Vampire legends in contemporary American culture.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "813/.509375 21".
- catalog subject "American fiction 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Horror tales, American History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PS374.V35 D39 2002".
- catalog subject "Popular culture United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Vampire films History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Vampires in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Vampire History -- 2. The Vampire Liberation Front -- 3. The Dracula Variations: Part I -- 4. Post-Human Vampires: "We Are Animals" -- 5. The Dracula Variations: Part II -- 6. Return of the Slayer -- Conclusion: The Persistence of Legend.".
- catalog title "Vampire legends in contemporary American culture : what becomes a legend most / William Patrick Day.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".