The popular culture topic I am going to be analyzing each week is our cultures growing obsession with vampires. Vampire books, vampire movies, vampire television shows, vampire books made into vampire movies – you name it and you can find it if it has anything to do with vampires.
Interest in vampires is not something new, but it is definitely on the rise in the last decade. One of the original vampires was created from Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula.
Currently in the news is all of the media attention of the Twilight book series and the subsequent movies, Twilight, New Moon, and just released this month, Eclipse. With one more in the series, time will soon tell just how big the obsession has gotten.
Along with the Twilight series, television show such as True Blood and The Vampire Diaries are huge successes with large followings.
That is start of my vampire blogging … more to come soon!
References
Petracca, M., & Sorapure, M. (2007). Common Culture. New Jersey: Pearson.
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