Religion and Identity in the Post-9/11 Vampire: God Is (Un)Dead

ISBN-13: 9783319771489 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 197 str.

Christina Wilkins

Opis

This book offers a unique argument for the emergence of a post-9/11 vampire that showcases changing perspectives on identity and religion in American culture, offering a look at how cultural narratives can be used to work through trauma.

Spis treści

1. Introduction

2. Comparing Influence: Religion and Authority across the Transatlantic

3. ‘Muslim Buffy with a Dick’: Post-9/11 Interpretations of Fundamentalism in True Blood

4. Fear, Infection and the Aftermath: Del Toro’s The Strain and Its Violent Vampires

O autorze

Christina Wilkins holds a PhD in English and Film from the University of Southampton, UK. She has taught on a variety of modules at the university, encompassing film and literature across the centuries and continents. She currently teaches at the University of Winchester, UK, and is a quarterly contributor for Nomos Journal, an online journal dedicated to religion in popular culture.