The Modern Vampire and Human Identity [Hardcover]

Vampires are back - and this time they want to be us, not drain us. This collection considers the recent phenomena of Twilight and True Blood, as well as authors such as Kim Newman and Matt Haig, films such as The Breed and Interview with the Vampire, and television programmes such as Being Human and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.Acknowledgements List of Contributors Introduction 'A Swarm of Chuffing Draculas': the Vampire in English and American Literature; D.Mutch Blood, Bodies, Books: Kim Newman and the Vampire as Cultural Text; K.Scott Buffy vs. Bella: Gender, Relationships and the Modern Vampire; B.Jones 'Hell! Was I Becoming a Vampyre Slut?': Sex, Sexuality and Morality in Young Adult Vampire Fiction; H.Priest Consuming Clothes and Dressing Desire in the Twilight Series; S.Heaton Whiteness and the Contemporary Vampire in Film and Television; E.Kirkland The Vampiric Diaspora: The Complications of Victim Hood and Post-Memory as Configured in the Jewish Migrant Vampire; S.Bacon Vampires and Gentiles: Jews, Mormons and Embracing the Other; C.Reed Transcending the Massacre: Vampire Mormons in the Twilight Series; Y.Maurer The Gothic Louisiana of Charlaine Harris and Anne Rice; V.Amador Matt Haig's The Radleys: Vampires for the Neoliberal Age; D.Mutch References

'A truly important collection in Gothic and vampire studies, as well as for students and analysts of modern fiction, films, and television.' - Jerrold E. Hogle, University of Arizona, USA

VICTORIA AMADOR Assistant Professor in English at the American University in Sharjah, UAESIMON BACON Independent ScholarSARAH HEATON Senior Lecturer and Deputy Head of English at the University of Chester, UKBETHAN JONES PhD candidate in Journalism Studies at Cardiff University, UKEWAN KIRKLAND teaches Film and Screen Studies at the University of Brighton, UKYAEL MAURER Lecturer in the Department of English and American Studies at Tel Aviv University, IsraelHANNAH PRIEST Honorary Research Fellow at the Universitl#-