The postmillennial vampire : power, sacrifice and simulation in True Blood, Twilight and other contemporary narratives /

This book explores the idea that while we see the vampire as a hero of romance, or as a member of an oppressed minority struggling to fit in and acquire legal recognition, the vampire has in many ways changed beyond recognition over recent decades due to radically shifting formations of the sacred i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Chaplin, Susan, 1967- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
Series:	Palgrave pivot.
Subjects:	Vampires in literature. Vampires in popular culture. Vampire films > History and criticism. Vampire films. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The vampire, the scapegoat and the sacred king
From blood bonds to brand loyalties: Poppy Z. Brite's Lost Souls and Alan Ball's True Blood
'Nothing is real, everything is permitted': the vampire and the politics of jouissance
Contagion, simulation, capital: from Tru Blood to New Blood
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.