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Religion and Identity in the Post-9/11 Vampire: God Is (Un)Dead

Autor Christina Wilkins
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 13 apr 2018
This book offers a unique argument for the emergence of a post-9/11 vampire that showcases changing perspectives on identity and religion in American culture, offering a look at how cultural narratives can be used to work through trauma. Cultural narratives have long played a valuable role in mediating difficult and politically sensitive topics. Christina Wilkins addresses how the figure of the vampire is used in modern narratives and how it has changed from previous incarnations, particularly in American narratives.
The vampire has been a cultural staple for centuries but the current conception of the figure has been arguably Americanized with the rise of the modern American vampire coinciding with the aftermath of 9/11. Wilkins investigates changes evident in cultural representations, and how they effectively mediate the altered approach to issues of trauma and identity. By investing metaphorical tropes with cultural significance, the book offers audiences the opportunity to consider new perspectives and prompt important discussions while also illuminating changes in societal attitudes.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783319771489
ISBN-10: 3319771485
Pagini: 173
Ilustrații: IX, 197 p. 9 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2018
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1. Introduction.- 2. Comparing Influence: Religion and Authority across the Transatlantic.- 3. ‘Muslim Buffy with a Dick’: Post-9/11 Interpretations of Fundamentalism in True Blood.- 4. Fear, Infection and the Aftermath: Del Toro’s The Strain and Its Violent Vampires.

Notă biografică

Christina Wilkins holds a PhD in English and Film from the University of Southampton, UK. She has taught on a variety of modules at the university, encompassing film and literature across the centuries and continents. She currently teaches at the University of Winchester, UK, and is a quarterly contributor for Nomos Journal, an online journal dedicated to religion in popular culture.

Caracteristici

Offers a unique argument for the emergence of a post-9/11 vampire, demonstrating the changing perspective of identity and religion in American culture Examines how depictions of vampires in television and literature provide a way of working through the trauma of 9/11 Demonstrates the need for an American vampire, and the importance of religion in cultural narratives