Eco-Vampires: The Undead and the Environment

by Simon Bacon

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476639604
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date:	04/30/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	215
File size:	8 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

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.
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.

Table 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