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Celluloid Vampires
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Description
In this entertaining and absorbing work, Stacey Abbott challenges the conventional interpretation of vampire mythology and argues that the medium of film has completely reinvented the vampire archetype. Rather than representing the primitive and folkloric, the vampire has come to embody the very experience of modernity. No longer in a cape and coffin, today's vampire resides in major cities, listens to punk music, embraces technology, and adapts to any situation. Sometimes she's even female.
With case studies of vampire classics such as Nosferatu, Martin, Blade, and Habit, the author traces the evolution of the American vampire film, arguing that vampires are more than just blood-drinking monsters; they reflect the cultural and social climate of the societies that produce them, especially during times of intense change and modernization. Abbott also explores how independent filmmaking techniques, special effects makeup, and the stunning and ultramodern computer-generated effects of recent films have affected the representation of the vampire in film.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
280
Release Date:
2007-12-30
Publication Date:
2007-12-01
Publisher:
University of Texas Press
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0292716966
ISBN13:
9780292716964
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Weight:
459 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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