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Insatiable bloodlust, dangerous sexualities, the horror of the undead, uncharted Transylvanian wildernesses and a morbid fascination with the "other: " the legend of the vampire continues to haunt the popular imagination. "Reading the Vampire" examines the creature in all its various manifestations... More

Popular fiction sells in the millions, surrounded by an immense industry of producers, distributors and promoters. Yet despite its prevalence it has often been neglected as a subject for academic study. In this groundbreaking book, Ken Gelder offers a lively and comprehensive account of popular fict... More

Subcultures--social groups organized around shared interests and practices can take many forms. From the 1950s juvenile delinquent as portrayed by Elvis, James Dean and Marlon Brando to "Taxi Driver's" Travis Bickle, from 1970s punk rockers Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten to 90s angst-ridden Kurt Coba... More

Blood-sucking vampires, serial killers, ghosts and ghouls, monsters and freaks--horror provides us with a way of imagining and classifying our world. Through 29 essays, "The Horror Reader" explores the questions of what is evil and what is good; what is monstrous and what is "normal"; what can be se... More

This book presents a cultural history of subcultures, covering a remarkable range of subcultural forms and practices. It begins with London??'s ???Elizabethan underworld???, taking the rogue and vagabond as subcultural prototypes: the basis for Marx??'s later view of subcultures as the lumpenproleta... More

Subcultures attract a great deal of interest, both in popular media and in academic work. Comprehensive and fascinating, these four volumes represent work on subcultures across several disciplines: cultural history, cultural studies, criminology and sociology. Beginning by looking at accounts of sub... More

What would you do if you suddenly you found yourself part of a community you had always thought you would never be associated with? What if this happened in a foreign country, where everyone automatically thought you were part of that group? In Meeting the Enemy, Becoming a Friend Dr. Gelder talks a... More

How do we make the gospel clear and the church relevant to the changing culture in North America? In Confident Witness - Changing World, twenty-two scholars and skilled ministry practitioners explore this complex question not only theoretically but also in practical terms immediately useful to pasto... More