{"product_id":"slayers-and-their-vampires-bruce-mcclelland-9780472069231","title":"Slayers and Their Vampires: A Cultural History of Killing the Dead","description":"The first book to explore the origins of the vampire slayer \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fascinating comparison of the original vampire myths to their later literary transformations.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Adam Morton, author of \u003ci\u003eOn Evil\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"From the Balkan Mountains to Beverly Hills, Bruce has mapped the vampire's migration. There's no better guide for the trek.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Jan L. Perkowski, Professor, Slavic Department, University of Virginia, and author of \u003ci\u003eVampires of the Slavs\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Darkling: A Treatise on Slavic Vampirism\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The vampire slayer is our protector, our hero, our Buffy. But how much do we really know about him--or her? Very little, it turns out, and Bruce McClelland shows us why: because the vampire slayer is an unsettling figure, almost as disturbing as the evil she is set to destroy. Prepare to be frightened . . . and enlightened.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Corey Robin, author of \u003ci\u003eFear: The History of a Political Idea\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"What is unique about this book is that it is the first of its kind to focus on the vampire hunter, rather than the vampire. As such, it makes a significant contribution to the field. This book will appeal to scholars and researchers of folklore, as well as anyone interested in the literature and popular culture of the vampire.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Elizabeth Miller, author of \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Dracula Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Shades of Van Helsing  Vampirologist extraordinaire Bruce McClelland has managed that rarest of feats: developing a radically new and thoroughly enlightening perspective on a topic of eternal fascination. Ranging from the icons of popular culture to previously overlooked details of Balkan and Slavic history and folk practice, he has rethought the borders of life and death, good and evil, saint and sinner, vampires and their slayers. Excellent scholarship, and a story that never flags.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Bruce Lincoln, Caroline E. Haskell Professor of History of Religions, University of Chicago, and author of \u003ci\u003eTheorizing Myth: Narrative, Ideology, and Scholarship, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAuthority: Construction and Corrosion, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDeath, War, and Sacrifice: Studies in Ideology and Practice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce McClelland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472069233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472069231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.06w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2006 pg. 90","brand":"Bruce McClelland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946675929343,"sku":"9780472069231","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3c54d9d2-d08b-4bd5-9859-4b3402442e43.jpg?v=1681514497","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/slayers-and-their-vampires-bruce-mcclelland-9780472069231","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}