{"product_id":"the-symbolic-potential-of-the-hybrid-anita-blake-and-horror-and-vampire-literature-9783631857205","title":"The Symbolic Potential of the Hybrid: Anita Blake and Horror and Vampire Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book argues at the intersection of \u003cb\u003efeminist literary analysis\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ecultural studies methodology\u003c\/b\u003e and the author sets out that \u003ci\u003eAnita Blake: Vampire Hunter \u003c\/i\u003erepresents a twenty-first century series attempting to challenge \u003cb\u003esocial norms\u003c\/b\u003e and to envision \u003cb\u003eworlds of freedom\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuman imagination is saturated with monsters. They represent, in a number of ways, those that have been historically perceived as strangers to the human community. It is a game of alterities wherein female monsters have occupied a particularly relevant position. Women have been historically represented as the Other in this human\/nonhuman dyad. In the present study nineteenth- and twentieth-century vampires’ and zombies’ narratives have guided the analysis of a contemporary neo-gothic artefact: \u003ci\u003eAnita Blake: Vampire Hunter \u003c\/i\u003eby Laurell K. 　Hamilton. This book argues at the intersection of feminist literary analysis and cultural studies methodology, and it also considers queer notions of \u003ci\u003efluidity \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eperformativity\u003c\/i\u003e. The author sets out that \u003ci\u003eAnita Blake: Vampire Hunter \u003c\/i\u003erepresents a twenty-first-century series questioning social norms and envisioning worlds of freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 349g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 210 x 148 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9783631857205\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEdition number\u003c\/strong\u003e: New ed\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Virginia Fusco","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44101127733498,"sku":"9783631857205","price":46.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1646368020868_book.jpg?v=1646982432","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-symbolic-potential-of-the-hybrid-anita-blake-and-horror-and-vampire-literature-9783631857205","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}