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Loving Vampires - by Tom Pollard (Paperback)
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- Vampire characters are ubiquitous in popular culture, serving as metaphors for society's most sensitive subjects--sexuality, gender roles, race, ethnicity, class--and often channeling widespread fears of immigration, crime, terrorism and addiction.
- About the Author: The late Tom Pollard was a writer/filmmaker and professor at National University's Department of Social Sciences.
- 224 Pages
- Social Science, Popular Culture
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About the Book
Vampire characters are ubiquitous in popular culture, serving as metaphors for society's most sensitive subjects--sexuality, gender roles, race, ethnicity, class--and often channeling widespread fears of immigration, crime, terrorism and addiction. This book explores pop culture's vampires variously as sexual seducers, savage monsters, noble protectors and drainers of human power. The author discusses three real-life role models for vampire characters.Book Synopsis
Vampire characters are ubiquitous in popular culture, serving as metaphors for society's most sensitive subjects--sexuality, gender roles, race, ethnicity, class--and often channeling widespread fears of immigration, crime, terrorism and addiction. This book explores pop culture's vampires variously as sexual seducers, savage monsters, noble protectors and drainers of human power. The author discusses three real-life role models for vampire characters.
About the Author
The late Tom Pollard was a writer/filmmaker and professor at National University's Department of Social Sciences. He lived in Berkeley, California.Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 5.9 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)
Weight: .75 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 224
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: Popular Culture
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Format: Paperback
Author: Tom Pollard
Language: English
Street Date: March 14, 2016
TCIN: 1006481643
UPC: 9780786497782
Item Number (DPCI): 247-46-1765
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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