CONFORMITY THROUGH TRANSGRESSION: THE MONSTROUS OTHER AND VIRTUAL VAMPIRES.
In this article the author examines the presence of the vampire in popular culture as a marginalized other. She suggests that vampires are constructed to represent cultural fears, including fear of death, fear of disease, and fear of nonconformity. She notes that vampires often manifest as a dichoto...
| Publicado en: | Proteus Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 19 - 25 |
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