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"Beauty in the beast: the 'feminization' of Weyland in The Vampire Tapestry.
Extrapolation; 3/22/2002; Davis, Kathy S.; 8401 words
; * Like their counterparts in male-authored vampire fiction, vampire characters in works by women tend to be quite attractive ... intriguing aspect of the connection between women and the vampires they create. In Western society, women are encouraged ...
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The Other in Me: Nancy A. collins' Vampire Heroine Sonja Blue
Femspec; 9/30/2002; Martin, Sara; 6741 words
; An essential difference between 19(th)-century vampire fiction and its late 20(th)-century descendant is the rise of the reluctant vampire. Male and female vampires are still presented today, as they were a century ago, as relentless ...
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Repossessing the body: transgressive desire in "Carmilla" and Dracula.(vampire story retold with masculine themes added)
Criticism; 9/22/1996; Signorotti, Elizabeth; 10921 words
; Of the vampire tales to date, Bram Stoker's Dracula has ... culmination of a series of nineteenth-century vampire tales that have been overshadowed by Stoker ... more than a collective history of the vampire lore Stoker incorporated in Dracula,(2 ...
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"HAUNTING BACK": VAMPIRE SUBJECTIVITY IN THE GILDA STORIES
Femspec; 6/30/2005; Davis, Kathy; 8745 words
; ... and Nation, published an article titled "Vampire Gothic" in which she made a compelling ... Within the realm of this tradition of vampire fiction, one of the most intriguing attempts ... Aside from being one of the relatively few vampire novels to establish a female vampire as ...
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'30 Days' infuses vampire genre with new blood
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 10/19/2007; Michael Machosky; 1023 words
; The vampire -- often a symbol of immortal evil and ... We're waiting for a movie that does for the vampire genre what "28 Days Later" did for zombies ... trouble. Opening today, there's finally a vampire film out that might reverse the trend ...
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Vampire strikes back!
New Straits Times; 10/27/2007; Reviewed by Suryani Dalip; 871 words
; Vampire strikes back! Byline: Reviewed by Suryani Dalip Edition ... Lifestyle Section: '6' Column: Read Type: Book review ANY vampire story worth its salt has to be scary, right? Not so, writes SURYANI DALIP who has heartwarming and funny vampire tales to share this Halloween. I have always been fascinated ...
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The Vampire: A Casebook
Western Folklore; 4/1/1998; Dresser, Norine; 855 words
; The Vampire.- A Casebook- Edited by Alan Dundes ... article examines the immortally appealing vampire from a different point of view or geographic ... South Slavic Countermeasures against Vampires," by Friedrich S. Krauss, has been translated ...
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Blood Read: The Vampire as Metaphor in Contemporary Culture
Journal of American & Comparative Cultures; 7/1/2000; Simpson, Philip; 1194 words
; Blood Read: The Vampire as Metaphor in Contemporary Culture ... collection of essays, entitled Blood Read: The Vampire as Metaphor in Contemporary Culture ... domestication or "taming" of the literary vampire. The editors and most of the collection ...
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Vampire Slayer Buffy Saves Iraq Reporter's Soul
NPR Morning Edition; 5/19/2008; STEVE INSKEEP; 1135 words
; ... girl to shop. (Soundbite of TV show, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") Ms. GELLAR: (As Buffy) So what do you ... amounts of strength and the ability to mow down vampires and demons alike. That's a lot of pressure for a teenager. (Soundbite of TV show, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") Ms. GELLAR: (As Buffy) I'm ...
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New Book Sinks Teeth into Vampire Tales
NPR Talk of the Nation; 10/31/2007; NEAL CONAN; 5353 words
; ... argue that vampires make a choice even to be vampires because they could - much like someone who ... CONAN: Mm-hmm. NUZUM: And I think that a vampire is in that same category. They can stop anytime ... people. CONAN: We're going to talk more about vampires and the choices they make and why one ...
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