Vampires and Zombies: Transcultural Migrations and Transnational Interpretations

by Monika Mueller (Editor), Dorothea Fischer-Hornung (Editor)

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  Illustrated
  2016

  $131.92

  The vampire, with roots in medieval European folklore, and the zombie, with origins in Afro-Caribbean mythology, have both undergone significant transformations in global culture, proliferating as deviant representatives of the zeitgeist. As this volume demonstrates, distribution of vampires and zombies across time and space has revealed these undead figures to carry multiple meanings.