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Monthly Archives: October 2015
After 90 Years: The Story of Serbian Vampire Sava Savanovic
This is an early nineteenth-century vampire fiction that I’d not come across before: After 90 Years: The Story of Serbian Vampire Sava Savanovic (1860), by the Serbian Milosan Glivic, and newly translated into English by James Lyon. It appears unusual … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, MA Reading the Vampire module news
Tagged Eastern Europe, Folklore, Serbia, Vampires
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The Vampire in Folklore, History, Literature, Film and Television: A Comprehensive Bibliography (2015)
Over on the OGOM facebook page, Stacey Abbott has drawn our attention to the recently published The Vampire in Folklore, History, Literature, Film and Television: A Comprehensive Bibliography (2015) as an incredibly useful resource (and Dr. Abbott know what she is talking … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, MA Reading the Vampire module news, Resources
Tagged Film, Folklore, Gothic, Gothic novel, popular culture, TV, Vampires
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CFP – The Dark California: Millennial Concerns in the Contemporary Pop-Cultural Readings of California
This incredibly intriguing CFP has come to the attention of OGOM. It is a request for papers on the subject of The Dark California: Millennial Concerns in the Contemporary Pop-Cultural Readings of California. California is officially nicknamed ‘The Golden State’ and its most … Continue reading
Posted in Call for Articles
Tagged adaptation, aesthetics, CFP, Goth subculture, Gothic, popular culture, sexuality
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The Return of ‘The Returned’ (2012 – )
For those who loved ‘The Returned’ (2012 – ), the French series about the dead returning to a small community, Season 2 will be coming out on More 4 later this year. It has been a two year wait for … Continue reading
CFP: Children in Popular Culture
This CFP for articles on Children in Popular Culture may be of interest to anyone doing research in children’s or YA literature; not much time left, I’m afraid! Red Feather Journal (www.redfeatherjournal.org), an online, peer-reviewed, international and interdisciplinary journal, has … Continue reading
Tracy Hastie, ‘Leather Clad Heroines and the Monster Within’
An excellent blog post by Tracy Hastie on the ambivalent sexual politics of the female protagonist of paranormal romance/urban fantasy.
Witchy Vampires
This is a little light, but fun, and a starting point for those who want to explore the folkloric vampire/witch figure from outside the usual Western literary paradigms. (Though calling these kindred bloodsuckers ‘vampire’ and universalising them thus opens up … Continue reading
Posted in Resources
Tagged cats, chordewa, Folklore, India, jigarkhwar, myth, obayifo, Vampires, West Africa, witches
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Nick Stead: The Company of Wolves
I know it’s a while since the fabulous Company of Wolves conference in September, but I’m still revelling in the memories. I’ve been a bit ill, and was exhausted after the conference, so my blogging has got a little behind. … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, OGOM: The Company of Wolves, Reviews
Tagged Company of Wolves, Werewolves, Wild children, Wolves
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The Vampire Sex Machine Suit
It’s well known that sexuality and vampires go together. This fabulous suit epitomises that connection–mine is on its way!
Books and Articles: Secondary reading material for OGOM research
I’ve created a new category for posts on the OGOM blog: ‘Books and Articles‘. Tags and categories can be a bit fuzzy and imprecise (not always a bad thing) but this one is meant to help students and scholars of … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Resources
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