Monster Hunter in Modern Popular Culture by Heather L. Duda (2008, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers

ISBN-100786434066

ISBN-139780786434060

eBay Product ID (ePID)65954345

Product Key Features

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameMonster Hunter in Modern Popular Culture

SubjectFilm / General, Media Studies, Television / General, Unexplained Phenomena, Popular Culture, Subjects & Themes / General

Publication Year2008

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Body, Mind & Spirit, Performing Arts, Social Science

AuthorHeather L. Duda

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight9.5 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2008-027621

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"new perspective...highly recommended"-- Midwest Book Review ; "an admirable job"-- Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts ; "recommend[ed]"-- The Borgo Post.

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal302.2308

Table Of ContentTable of Contents Preface 1. A History of the Monster Hunter 2. Humanity and the Contemporary Vampire 3. Vigilantism and the Graphic Novel's Monster Hunters 4. The Advent of the Female Monster Hunter 5. Monster Hunters for the New Millennium Conclusion Chapter Notes Works Cited Index

SynopsisExamines the evolution of the contemporary monster hunter from Bram Stoker's Abraham Van Helsing to non-traditional monster hunters such as Blade, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Watchmen. This book features movie stills and excerpts from graphic novels., As monsters in popular media have evolved and grown more complex, so have those who take on the job of stalking and staking them. 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. Critically surveying a diverse range of books, films, television shows, and graphic novels, this study 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. Now often resembling the monsters they've vowed to conquer, modern characters occupy a gray area where the battle is often with their own inner natures as much as with the "evil" they fight.

LC Classification NumberP96.H46D83 2008