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the Cullens : Family , Romance and Female Agency in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Twilight
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Stevens, Kirsten Meet |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | [1] In terms of their literary and even filmic origins, tales of the vampire emerged to be consumed first and foremost by adult readers and viewers. Certainly the exploits of Count Dracula, whether revealed by Bram Stoker (1897) or Tod Browning (1931), [1] were intended primarily to frighten and caution the 'grown-ups' of late nineteenth and early twentieth century society. As Jörg Waltje reveals, it was not until the emergence of horror comics in the 1940s that the vampire was presented intentionally to a younger, adolescent audience, and even here the move was met with resistance (Waltje 2005, 87). Concerns about adult themes of sex and violence implicit and explicit in the figure of the vampire were seen as potentially harmful to the juvenile audience. The resulting controversy saw the figure of the vampire once again barred from juvenile literature, not to re-emerge for the youth audience for close to two decades (Waltje 2005, 87). |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.whedonstudies.tv/uploads/2/6/2/8/26288593/stevens_slayage_8.1.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
