Vampire culture / Maria Mellins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mellins, Maria.

Series:

Dress, body, culture.

Dress, body, culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vampires.

Vampires--Clothing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Unique and exciting, this ethnographic study is the first to address a little-known subculture, which holds a fascination for many. The first decade of the twenty-first century has displayed an ever increasing fixation with vampires, from the recent spate of phenomenally successful books, films, and television programmes, to the return of vampire-like style on the catwalk. Amidst this hype, there exists a small, dedicated community that has been celebrating their interest in the vampire since the early 1990s. The London vampire subculture is an alternative lifestyle community of people from al

Contents:

Vampire Culture; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1 Twenty-First-Century Vamp; 2 Interviewing Vampires; 3 Vampire Femininity and Status; 4 Vampire Community Profile; 5 Feminine Discourses; 6 Alternative Celebrity; 7 Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780857850898

085785089X

9781472503855

1472503856

OCLC:

852995297