The post-secular vampire: the millennial vampire and the question of the soul in popular culture

Katherine Anne Bishop

doi:10.26182/n47d-bf39

The post-secular vampire: the millennial vampire and the question of the soul in popular culture

Katherine Anne Bishop

School of Humanities

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This thesis examines the prevalence of vampires in popular culture of the new millennium, focusing on Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Angel, Stephenie Meyer's Twilight, Eric Kripke's Supernatural and Alan Ball's True Blood. It investigates the relationship between vampires - as constructions within the popular imaginary - and the sociological moment known as the "post-secular". Special regard is given to the "soul", a term invested with overlapping, and at times contradictory, metaphysical concepts. In deconstructing both the vampire and its relationship to the soul, such texts pose existential and theological questions that are characteristic of the post-secular epoch.

Original language	English
Qualification	Doctor of Philosophy
Awarding Institution	The University of Western Australia
Supervisors/Advisors	Hughes-D'Aeth, Tony, Supervisor Bourgault Du Coudray, Chantal, Supervisor
Thesis sponsors	Australian Government Research Training Program
Award date	10 Apr 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.26182/n47d-bf39
Publication status	Unpublished - 2019

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