The Monster Hunter in Modern Popular Culture - Brossura

Duda, Heather L.

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ISBN 10: 0786434066 ISBN 13: 9780786434060

Casa editrice: McFarland Publishing, 2008

Riassunto

As monsters in popular media have evolved and grown more complex, so have those who take on the job of stalking and staking them. This book examines the evolution of the contemporary monster hunter from Bram Stoker's Abraham Van Helsing to today's non-traditional monster hunters such as Blade, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Watchmen. Critically surveying a diverse range of books, films, television shows, and graphic novels, this study reveals how the monster hunter began as a white, upper-class, educated male and became everything from a vampire to a teenage girl with supernatural powers. Now often resembling the monsters they've vowed to conquer, modern characters occupy a gray area where the battle is often with their own inner natures as much as with the "evil" they fight.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Heather L. Duda is an assistant English professor at the University of Rio Grande in Rio Grande, Ohio. She lives in Jackson, Ohio.

Product Description:

Book by Heather L Duda

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McFarland Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0786434066
• ISBN 13: 9780786434060
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 185