{"product_id":"reading-the-vampire-ken-gelder-9780415080132","title":"Reading the Vampire","description":"Insatiable bloodlust, dangerous sexualities, the horror of the undead, uncharted Trannsylvanian wildernesses, and a morbid fascination with the  other': the legend of the vampire continues to haunt popular imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eReading the Vampire\u003c\/em\u003e examines the vampire in all its various manifestations and cultural meanings. Ken Gelder investigates vampire narratives in literature and in film, from early vampire stories like Sheridan Le Fanu's  lesbian vampire' tale \u003cem\u003eCarmilla\u003c\/em\u003e and Bram Stoker's \u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e, the most famous vampire narrative of all, to contemporary American vampire blockbusters by Stephen King and others, the vampire chronicles of Anne Rice,  post-Ceausescu' vampire narratives, and films such as FW Murnau's \u003cem\u003eNosferatu\u003c\/em\u003e and Bram Stoker's \u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eReading the Vampire\u003c\/em\u003e embeds vampires in their cultural contexts, showing vampire narratives feeding off the anxieties and fascinations of their times: from the nineteenth century perils of tourism, issues of colonialism and national identity, and obsessions with sex and death, to the  queer' identity of the vampire or current vampiric metaphors for dangerous exchanges of bodily fluids and AIDS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ken Gelder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415080134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415080132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.27h x 6.10w x 0.52d","brand":"Ken Gelder","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46110630936831,"sku":"9780415080132","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b626f17b-f361-4332-a02d-a043be92f4a3.jpg?v=1725469326","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-the-vampire-ken-gelder-9780415080132","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}