Format:
V, 185 S
,
23 cm
ISBN:
9780786434060
Content:
"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. This examination 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"--Provided by publisher
Content:
"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. This examination 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"--Provided by publisher
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-180) and index
,
A history of the monster hunter -- Humanity and the contemporary vampire -- Vigilantism and the graphic novel's monster hunters -- The advent of the female monster hunter -- Monster hunters for the new millennium.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
Keywords:
Massenmedien
;
Held
;
Ungeheuer
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