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...

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Published in:	Proteus Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 19 - 25
Main Author:	STEVENS, KIRSTEN
Format:	Article
Published:	Proteus Fall2009
Subjects:	Dracula (Book : Stoker) Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV program) Popular culture Social marginality Social norms Desire Vampires Dracula, Count (Fictional character) Spike (Fictional character : Whedon) Angel (Fictional character : Whedon) Fear of death Other (Philosophy)
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