Vampires : myths and metaphors of enduring evil /

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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مؤلفون آخرون: Day, Peter (المحرر)
التنسيق: Licensed eBooks
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2006.
سلاسل:At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 28.
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=160090
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الملخص: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.
وصف مادي:1 online resource (xiv, 243 pages)
بيبلوغرافيا:Includes bibliographical references.
ردمك:1423788230
9781423788232
9789401201469
9401201463
9789042016699
9042016698