Eco-Vampires - The Undead and the Environment

This work studies the ways vampiric narratives explore the eco-friendly credentials of the undead. Many of these texts and films show the vampire to be an essential part of a global ecosystem and an organism that can no longer tolerate the all-consuming forces of globalization and consumerism. Re-examining Bram Stoker's Dracula and a range of other vampire narratives, primarily films, in a fresh light, this book reveals the nosferatu as both a plague on humankind and the eco-warriors that planet Earth desperately needs.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1.¿Dracula the Environmentalist: The Land Beyond the Forest

2.¿Vampiric Sustainability: The Undead Planet

3.¿Undead ­Eco-Warrior: The End of the World as We Know It

4.¿The End of the End: Consumerism Will Eat Itself

5.¿Vampire Ecosystems: It Came from Outer Space

Filmography

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Simon Bacon is an independent scholar based in Poznan, Poland. He has authored and edited many volumes on vampires, monstrosity, science fiction and media studies.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Bacon
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.05.2020
• EAN: 9781476676227
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-7622-7
• No. of pages: 215
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, LITERARY CRITICISM / Horror & Supernatural, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Horror, Literature: history & criticism, Social impact of environmental issues, Literature: history and criticism