The lure of the vampire : gender, fiction and fandom from Bram Stoker to Buffy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Williamson, Milly
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Wallflower, 2005.
Subjects:	Vampire films > History and criticism. Vampires in literature. Films de vampires > Histoire et critique. Vampires dans la littérature.

Table of Contents:

Gender and the Dracula : what's at stake?
Vampire transformations : gothic melodrama, sympathy and the self
Fans re-reading the vampire : issues of gender and the pleasures of pathos
The predicament of the vampire and the slayer : gothic melodrama in modern America
Vampire fandom : rebels without a cause? : theorising fandom in the field of cultural production
Vampire fandom in the field of cultural production : a vampire fan club case study
Donning fangs : gender, the vampire and dressing the self
Rewriting the vampire : gender, sexuality and fan fiction
Conclusion, the vampire and the self : the dilemmas of the dead and the realm of the possible.