Reading the Vegetarian Vampire (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783031183492)

This Pivot traces the rise of the so-called "vegetarian" vampire in popular culture and contemporary vampire fiction, while also exploring how the shift in the diet of (some) vampires, from human to animal or synthetic blood, responds to a growing ecological awareness that is rapidly reshaping our understanding of relations with others species. The book introduces the trope of the vegetarian vampire, as well as important critical contexts for its discussion: the Anthropocene, food studies, and the modern practice, politics and ideologies of vegetarianism. Drawing on references to recent historical contexts and developments in the genre more broadly, the book investigates the vegetarian vampire's relationship to other more violent and monstrous forms of the vampire in popular twenty-first century horror cinema and television. Texts discussed include Interview with the Vampire, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Twilight, The Vampire Diaries and True Blood. Reading the Vegetarian Vampire examines a new aspect of contemporary interest in considering vampire fiction.

Author: Sophie Dungan
ISBN-10: 3031183495
ISBN-13: 9783031183492
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2022
Pages: 133
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.38d