Tropical Liminal: Urban Vampires & Other Blood-Sucking Monstrosities
Vampires and other blood-sucking monstrous beings constitute some of the most famous myths, legends and stories that continue to haunt contemporary societies. This special issue examines the presence of these beings within cities and their rural surrounds. The contributions to this special issue ref...
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doaj-81edcf38b40a4f838cd805ce19d26ef62021-09-16T01:44:33ZengJames Cook UniversityeTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics1448-29402017-05-01161Tropical Liminal: Urban Vampires & Other Blood-Sucking MonstrositiesAnita Lundberg0Lennie Geerlings1James Cook University SingaporeJames Cook University SingaporeVampires and other blood-sucking monstrous beings constitute some of the most famous myths, legends and stories that continue to haunt contemporary societies. This special issue examines the presence of these beings within cities and their rural surrounds. The contributions to this special issue reflect upon vampires and other monstrosities in relation to the tropical regions of the world from historical pasts to present-day manifestations, and imaginary tropical futures, including: the British colonial empire in the tropical east, New Orleans in the deep south of the United States, across the border to Mexico and Latin American communities, over to India and Southeast Asia, including Bangkok in Thailand, Singapore, and Sabah on the island of Borneo, and to the tropical east coast of Australia. However, the concept of the tropics is not simply a geographical construct, the imaginary of the tropics also emerges out of the spaces of mythology and oral storytelling, ethnographic reports, literature, science fiction magazines, film and television, video games and the internet.https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3574vampiresTropicsGothicTropical Gothicmonstrosities |
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Tropical Liminal: Urban Vampires & Other Blood-Sucking Monstrosities |
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Tropical Liminal: Urban Vampires & Other Blood-Sucking Monstrosities |
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Tropical Liminal: Urban Vampires & Other Blood-Sucking Monstrosities |
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James Cook University |
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eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics |
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1448-2940 |
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2017-05-01 |
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Vampires and other blood-sucking monstrous beings constitute some of the most famous myths, legends and stories that continue to haunt contemporary societies. This special issue examines the presence of these beings within cities and their rural surrounds. The contributions to this special issue reflect upon vampires and other monstrosities in relation to the tropical regions of the world from historical pasts to present-day manifestations, and imaginary tropical futures, including: the British colonial empire in the tropical east, New Orleans in the deep south of the United States, across the border to Mexico and Latin American communities, over to India and Southeast Asia, including Bangkok in Thailand, Singapore, and Sabah on the island of Borneo, and to the tropical east coast of Australia. However, the concept of the tropics is not simply a geographical construct, the imaginary of the tropics also emerges out of the spaces of mythology and oral storytelling, ethnographic reports, literature, science fiction magazines, film and television, video games and the internet. |
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