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1 online resource (x, 266 pages) : illustrations |
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Introduction: A little less ritual and a little more fun. PART ONE. Bram Stoker's Dracula from novel to film. Dracula: a wonder of the modern world -- The cinematic spectacle of vampirism: Nosferatu in the light of new technology -- From Hollywood gothic to hammer horror: the modern evolution of Dracula. PART TWO. The birth of the modern American vampire. The Seventies: the vamire decade -- George Romero's Martin: an American vampire -- Walking corpses and independent filmmaking techniques -- Special makeup effects and exploding vampires. PART THREE. Reconfiguring the urban vampire. New York and the vampire flaneuse -- Vampire road movies: from modernity to postmodernity -- Los Angeles: fangs, gangs, and vampireland. PART FOUR. Redefining boundaries. Vampire cyborgs -- Vampires in a borderless world. |
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9780292794696 (e-book) |
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029279469X (e-book) |
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9780292716957 |
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0292716958 |
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9780292716964 (pbk.) |
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0292716966 (pbk.) |
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