| Description |
1 online resource (x, 133 pages) |
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Palgrave gothic |
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Palgrave gothic series.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Vampires and Vegetarians -- Rat's Blood and Rice: Interview with the Proto-vegetarian Vampire -- Pig's Blood and the Politics of Choice in Buffy the Vampire Slayer -- Vegetarian Vampires: Twilight, Sustainability and Salvation -- Banked Blood and Bunnies: Ethical Predation in The Vampire Diaries -- Vegan Vampires: The Southern Vampire Mysteries and True Blood -- Conclusion: Vampires in the Anthropocene and Beyond |
| Summary |
This Pivot traces the rise of the so-called "vegetarian" vampire in popular culture and contemporary vampire fiction, while also exploring how the shift in the diet of (some) vampires, from human to animal or synthetic blood, responds to a growing ecological awareness that is rapidly reshaping our understanding of relations with others species. The book introduces the trope of the vegetarian vampire, as well as important critical contexts for its discussion: the Anthropocene, food studies, and the modern practice, politics and ideologies of vegetarianism. Drawing on references to recent historical contexts and developments in the genre more broadly, the book investigates the vegetarian vampires relationship to other more violent and monstrous forms of the vampire in popular twenty-first century horror cinema and television. Texts discussed include Interview with the Vampire, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Twilight, The Vampire Diaries and True Blood. Reading the Vegetarian Vampire examines a new aspect of contemporary interest in considering vampire fiction. Sophie Dungan is a teaching associate at the University of Melbourne and Monash University, Australia. Her primary research interests are in vampire studies, Gothic fiction, ecocriticism, food and Anthropocene studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central platform, viewed February 7, 2023) |
| Subject |
Vampires in literature.
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Vampire films.
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Vampires on television.
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Vegetarianism in literature.
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Vampire films
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Vampires in literature
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Vampires on television
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Vegetarianism in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Film criticism
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Literary criticism
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Television criticism and reviews
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Literary criticism.
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Television criticism and reviews.
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Film criticism.
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Critiques littéraires.
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Critiques d'émissions télévisées.
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Critiques cinématographiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783031183508 |
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3031183509 |
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