Draculas, Vampires and Other Undead Forms ─ Essays on Gender, Race and Culture

Sixteen papers explore the cultural meanings invested in and expressed through the character Dracula and Dracula-like figures and, to a lesser extent, other vampire narratives. They have been organized into sections on tackling race, gender, and modes of narration in America; working through change and xenophobia in Europe; and imperialism, hybridity, and cross-cultural fertilization in Asia. Examples of specific topics include gender narratives in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) and the 1897 novel, the Borg as vampire in Star Trek, the anti-Slavic premise of the 1897 novel, Count Dracula and the transnational counter culture in Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) as a legacy of romanticism, modernity as crisis and vampires in Hong Kong cinema, and hybridity and the "CyberZen Goth(ic)" in Vampire Hunter D (1985). Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

John Browning teaches at Louisiana State University.

Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart has been a professor of Philosophy, Biology, English, and Film for over 20 years. Since August 2008, she has produced and hosted her own radio show, which boasts over a million monthly listeners.