Insatiable bloodlust; dangerous sexualities; the horror of the undead; uncharted Trannsylvanian wildernesses; and a morbid fascination with the `other: the legend of the vampire continues to haunt popular imagination.Reading the Vampire examines the vampire in all its various manifestations and cultural meanings. Ken Gelder investigates vampire narratives in literature and in film; from early vampire stories like Sheridan Le Fanus `lesbian vampire tale Carmilla and Bram Stokers Dracula; the most famous vampire narrative of all; to contemporary American vampire blockbusters by Stephen King and others; the vampire chronicles of Anne Rice; `post-Ceausescu vampire narratives; and films such as FW Murnaus Nosferatu and Bram Stokers Dracula.Reading the Vampire embeds vampires in their cultural contexts; showing vampire narratives feeding off the anxieties and fascinations of their times: from the nineteenth century perils of tourism; issues of colonialism and national identity; and obsessions with sex and death; to the `queer identity of the vampire or current vampiric metaphors for dangerous exchanges of bodily fluids and AIDS.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. excellentBy LHI use this book throughout the graduate program with MFA and PhD students in theatre and dance. They find in it things that they have been trying to articulate for themselves and are intellectually challenged and enriched as well as given encouragement for trying to express their own ideas about their practices. Has lots of other good things about it. Great combination of theory and practice and accessibility.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy pangloss07essential essays for this particular form of theater4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Excellent insight into an original creative process.By A CustomerForced Entertainment and Tim Etchells have been for the past decade or so; chewing on the edges of performance and theatre. This book is an excellent collection of texts that open up and demystify the experimental devising process. Etchells writes his theory much in the same way has he creates performance. A must for anyone into the fuzzy gaps between the various performance disciplines