Losing its Bite?: Exploring the Vampire in Pop Culture
The concept of the vampire is ubiquitous in modern pop culture, from Dracula to Twilight.
It's impossible to avoid vampire decorations or costumes around Halloween, but behind this modern idea lies a legacy of representing cultural fears, such as homophobia and antisemitism.
The vampire has always been associated with fear of the Other, but do modern portrayals continue this legacy or subvert it?
Although vampires have been present in folk mythology, their first appearance in English popular culture was in 1819's The Vampyre by John William Polidori.
The question is: do modern portrayals of vampires continue this legacy, or subvert it?
Author's summary: Exploring vampire's evolution in pop culture.
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