{"product_id":"vampires-race-and-transnational-hollywoods-paperback","title":"Vampires, Race, and Transnational Hollywoods - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDale Hudson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe figure of the vampire serves as both object and mode of analysis for more than a century of Hollywood filmmaking. Never dying, shifting shape and moving at unnatural speed, as the vampire renews itself by drinking victims' blood, so too does Hollywood renew itself by consuming foreign styles and talent, moving to overseas locations, and proliferating in new guises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eVampires, Race, and Transnational Hollywoods\u003c\/em\u003e, Dale Hudson explores the movement of transnational Hollywood's vampires, between low-budget quickies and high-budget franchises, as it appropriates visual styles from German, Mexican and Hong Kong cinemas and off-shores to Canada, Philippines, and South Africa. As the vampire's popularity has swelled, vampire film and television has engaged with changing discourses around race and identity not always addressed in realist modes. Here, teen vampires comfort misunderstood youth, chador-wearing skateboarder vampires promote transnational feminism, African American and Mexican American vampires recover their repressed histories. Looking at contemporary hits like \u003cem\u003eTrue Blood, Twilight, Underworld\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Strain\u003c\/em\u003e, classics such as Universal's \u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDrácula\u003c\/em\u003e, and miscegenation melodramas like \u003cem\u003eThe Cheat\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Sheik\u003c\/em\u003e, the book reconfigures Hollywood historiography and tradition as fundamentally transnational, offering fresh interpretations of vampire media as trans-genre sites for political contestation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe figure of the vampire serves as both object and mode of analysis for more than a century of Hollywood filmmaking. Never dying, shifting shape and moving at unnatural speed, as the vampire renews itself by drinking victims' blood, so too does Hollywood renew itself by consuming foreign styles and talent, moving to overseas locations, and proliferating in new guises. In Vampires, Race, and Transnational Hollywoods, Dale Hudson explores the movement of transnational Hollywood's vampires, between low-budget quickies and high-budget franchises, as it appropriates visual styles from German, Mexican and Hong Kong cinemas and off-shores to Canada, the Philippines and South Africa. As the vampire's popularity has swelled, vampire film and television has engaged with changing discourses around race and identity that are not always addressed in realist modes. Here, teen vampires comfort misunderstood youth, chador-wearing skateboarder vampires promote transnational feminism, African American and Mexican American vampires recover their repressed histories. Looking at contemporary hits like True Blood, Twilight, Underworld and The Strain, classics such as Universal's Dracula and Drácula, and miscegenation melodramas like The Cheat and The Sheik, the book reconfigures Hollywood historiography and tradition as fundamentally transnational, offering fresh interpretations of vampire media as trans-genre sites for political contestation. Dale Hudson is associate professor (NTE) in the Film and New Media Program at New York University Abu Dhabi and is digital media curator for the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival. Cover image: Bill Nighy in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, Patrick Tatopoulos, 2009 (c) Screen Gems\/Photofest Cover design: [EUP logo] edinburghuniversitypress.com ISBN 978-1-4744-2308-3 Barcode\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDale Hudson\u003c\/strong\u003e is associate professor (NTE) in the Film and New Media Program at New York University Abu Dhabi and is digital media curator for the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42717484613695,"sku":"9781474441018","price":84.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/88b8d500590baec67e4b2a1ae146f2b3.webp?v=1765078631","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/vampires-race-and-transnational-hollywoods-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}