| Description |
vii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Gender and the Dracula : what's at stake? -- Vampire transformations : gothic melodrama, sympathy and the self -- Fans re-reading the vampire : issues of gender and the pleasures of pathos -- The predicament of the vampire and the slayer : gothic melodrama in modern America -- Vampire fandom : rebels without a cause? : theorising fandom in the field of cultural production -- Vampire fandom in the field of cultural production : a vampire fan club case study -- Donning fangs : gender, the vampire and dressing the self -- Rewriting the vampire : gender, sexuality and fan fiction -- Conclusion, the vampire and the self : the dilemmas of the dead and the realm of the possible. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-211) and index. |
| Subject |
Vampire films -- History and criticism.
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Vampire films. |
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Vampires in literature.
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Vampires in literature. |
| ISBN |
1904764401 paperback |
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190476441X hardback |
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