Since its conception in folklore and superstition, the vampire has had an innate ability to reflect the environment of the culture that creates it. Each manifestation of this being is entirely unique to the culture in which it is born. The vampire of the American South is no exception to this idea. As a region with a particularly tumultuous history, the South has been molded by many cultural influences. Religion, sexuality, and race are some of the most notable factors to have impacted the area. Many Southern authors writing vampire fiction explore the fears, stereotypes, and prejudices of the culture with the vampire characters as a means to represent and critique Southern identity. Vampires in Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, Poppy Z. Brite’s Lost Souls, Scott Nicholson’s They Hunger, Alan Ball’s True Blood, and Patrick Lussier’s Dracula 2000 all reveal something about the culture of the South.

Excerpt:Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Haven’t we heard enough about this show? After all, it was cancelled over 10 years ago. Plus, it is the most studied series in the history of television.

Abstract  ”The Vampire from past to present”. This essay studies and compares the early historical Vampire as it is presented in some of the Western Europe countries, primarily Greece, but also Romania and how their descriptions of the Vampire have inspired the portrait of vampires in modern films and literature. The essay aims to answer the questions: How has the historical, traditional, European Vampire developed through the centuries into the modern Vampire of today?   Which original facts and perceptions about the Vampire from a Christian and pre-Christian point of view can be observed in the modern Vampire, as it is presented in the chosen films and furthermore, can any new ideas be observed in the films? By studying Vampire literature and poems throughout the centuries, a very interesting picture appears. Therefore lots of stories, poems and historical individuals, both real and fictional, are presented in a part of this essay. Another important fact for this essay, is that the Vampire is historically related to the Werewolf, and therefore this creature is also presented here. The conclusion is that the Vampire seem to fit in every historical context, and has managed to thrive over time. It is still presented as a mean, blood-sucking creature, even though we don´t seem to fear it any longer. It has become more of an ideal for many people; representing our longing for youth, beauty and a never-ending life, than a frightening, dangerous creature as it was presented in the early history.

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This thesis examines the use of orality as a means to self-definition in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. The main contention of this thesis is that within the Vampire Chronicles orality defines the self through incorporation, and that the bodily incorporation of food through a sexual consumption leads the vampire to naturally evolve a sense of who he or she is at any given moment in time. It is in this manner that this article discusses how the body, sexuality, food, and the possession of financial capital define and limit the individual's notion of self.

Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-181). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Texas at Arlington, 2009.

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Thesis advisor: Alan Richardson / This thesis examines the ways two Victorian authors employed the literary vampire to respond to contemporary anxieties regarding women and their role in society. The primary texts of interest in this thesis are Florence Marryat's 1897 novel The Blood of the Vampire and Sheridan LeFanu’s 1872 novella Carmilla. This thesis explores the way each story frames the vampire’s gender, sexuality, and racial background through the lens of her monstrosity. / Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2023. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Departmental Honors. / Discipline: English.

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