Title: The monster hunter in modern popular culture /
Authors: Duda, Heather L., 1976-
Publisher: McFarland,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Heroes in mass media.; Monsters in mass media.
Abstract: "This book examines the evolution of the contemporary monster hunter from Bram Stoker's Abraham Van Helsing to today's non-traditional monster hunters such as Blade, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Watchmen. This examination reveals how the monster hunter began as a white, upper-class, educated male and became everything from a vampire to a teenage girl with supernatural powers"--Provided by publisher.
Contents: A history of the monster hunter -- Humanity and the contemporary vampire -- Vigilantism and the graphic novel's monster hunters -- The advent of the female monster hunter -- Monster hunters for the new millennium.