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Transnational and Postcolonial Vampires by T. Khair

Transnational and Postcolonial Vampires

Dark Blood

T. Khair, Tabish Khair, Johan Höglund

Palgrave Macmillan · Print & ebook · November 14, 2012

Throughout the ages, vampires have transgressed the borders of gender, race, class, propriety and nations.

Comparative LiteratureHorror Lit CritGothic & Romance Lit Crit
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Who it’s for
An examination of vampires as postcolonial and transnational figures in global society.
Genres
Horror Lit Crit, Comparative Literature, Gothic & Romance Lit Crit
Published
Palgrave Macmillan, November 14, 2012

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About this book

Throughout the ages, vampires have transgressed the borders of gender, race, class, propriety and nations. This collection examines the vampire as a postcolonial and transnational phenomenon that maps the fear of the Other, the ravenous hunger of Empires and the transcultural rifts and intercultural common grounds that make up global society today.

Vampires Across Borders

An examination of vampires as postcolonial and transnational figures in global society.

Come here for

  • Vampires crossing borders of gender, race, class, propriety, and nation
  • A postcolonial and transnational approach to the vampire

Expect

  • The fear of the Other and imperial hunger
  • Transcultural rifts and intercultural common ground

Where it sits

Horror Lit Crit71%
Comparative Literature63%
Gothic & Romance Lit Crit62%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Creative Writing
  • Sociology
Authors
T. Khair, Tabish Khair, Johan Höglund
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Published
November 14, 2012
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Creative Writing