Skin shows: gothic horror and the technology of monsters - Judith Halberstam. David Punter: The Literature of Terror. David Punter: The Literature of Terror At the heart of Dracula (if the pun may be forgiven ) is blood.
The vampire thrives on the blood of others, and the whole effort of Van Helsing and his colleagues is to fight this one-way flow of blood, by transfusion and any other possible means. 'The vampire live on', says Van Helsing in his broken English, 'and cannot die by mere passing of the time; he can flourish when that he can fatten on the blood of the living.
Even more, we have seen amongst us that he can even grow younger; that his vital faculties grow strenuous, and seem as though they refresh themselves when his special pabulum is plenty. But he cannot flourish without this diet; he eat not as others.' give much talk to captain as to how and where his box is to be place; but the captain like it not and swear at him in many tongues, and tell him that if he like he can come and see where it shall be. Well, my dear, what could I say? Lucy dear, do you know why I tell you all this? Zombie Poetry Takes On a Life of Its Own. Vampire Sociology. Vampiric behavior resembles our own in more ways than we might imagine.
By conducting extensive interviews with vampires, along with observing their behavior in the wild, scientists have been able to arrive at a reasonable understanding of their world. The Newly-Transformed The first few days after coming out of a vampiric coma are especially difficult for a vampire. A newly-transformed vampire awakens starved, dehydrated and disoriented, its judgement clouded by competing impulses and memories of its previous life. But all that is soon drowned out by a fierce, intense desire for blood. The Hunting Pack Though lone vampires are not uncommon, most vampires find it advantageous to either join an existing hunting pack or create one of their own. Since vampires are unable to bear children or have sex, the hunting pack is the only family unit of their life.
Are vampires sentimental? Alpha Vampires: Vampires packs are meritocracies, not democracies. The Vampire Home It wasn't always this way. Theories of International Politics ... - Daniel W. Drezner. Zombie Sociology. On the surface, the words "zombie sociology" seem to be the ultimate oxymoron.
It was long thought that zombies were incapable of social interaction beyond determining whether or not the person before them was a zombie. To make matters worse, the catatonic state of zombies meant they weren't able to offer any personal testimony to abet empirical findings. Nevertheless, modern researchers have uncovered a surprisingly complex social order among zombies, an overview of which is presented here (my thanks to Waxman Himmelburger for his assistance). The Newly Transformed Unlike vampires, newly transformed zombies have little or no acclimation period. The Pack Using their strong sense of smell to lead the way, newly transformed zombies will instinctively gravitate to other zombies. While hunting, zombies are all business. Pecking Order There is a pecking order in a zombie pack, although it is much more subtle than in vampire packs. Zombies have a very limited range. Our vampires, ourselves - Nina Auerbach.
Distance Education ยง Harvard University Extension School - ENGL E-212. Vampire Book Lists and Guide. Zombies: Using pop culture's fascination as a teaching tool. Educators around the country are tapping into the interest in zombies in popular culture as a means to reach students.
One such place using the teaching tool is the University of Idaho. Last week on the UI's Moscow campus there was a public lecture called "Zombies and International Politics. " It was delivered by Tufts University professor Dan Drezner, who says zombies work as a metaphor for current global concerns. "You know, climate change, financial contagion, terrorism, other sorts of disasters, zombies work perfectly as a metaphor for those kinds of things, as it turns out," Drezner says. This semester, hundreds of students on the UI campus took part in the Humans versus Zombies game, and the university is using zombies as a way to get students, faculty and staff to think about emergency preparedness, such as updating emergency contact information. The course hopes to introduce students to global concerns, using the language of popular culture. American Zombie Gothic, the rise and fall (and rise) of the walking dead in popular culture.
Monsters and the monstrous: myths ... - Niall Scott.