Becoming vampire : difference and the vampire in popular culture /
Bacon, Simon,1965-author.
«Becoming Vampire» is an interdisciplinary exploration into how the figure of the vampire in the twenty-first century has been used to create and define difference. Focusing on the films Let Me In and Let the Right One In, the book explores the impact of the multifaceted character of the vampire on identity within contemporary Western culture.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-270), filmography and index.
The all-American, un-American vampire: nationhood and the vampire -- It made me do it!: disorientation and vampiric objects -- What a girl wants: agency and the becoming female vampire -- The vampire survival guide: reel life vampires -- The vampire in neverland: nostalgia and becoming-child -- Vampiric invitations: becoming with the vampire -- Filmography.
Print version record.
«Becoming Vampire» is an interdisciplinary exploration into how the figure of the vampire in the twenty-first century has been used to create and define difference. Focusing on the films Let Me In and Let the Right One In, the book explores the impact of the multifaceted character of the vampire on identity within contemporary Western culture.
Vampires
Vampires in popular culture.
Vampire films.
Social change.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology
Becoming vampire.
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