Eco-Vampires: The Undead and the Environment, by Simon Bacon, Routledge, 2020. Info: routledge.com.
This work studies the ways vampiric narratives explore the eco-friendly credentials of the undead. Many of these texts and films show the vampire to be an essential part of a global ecosystem and an organism that can no longer tolerate the all-consuming forces of globalization and consumerism. Re-examining Bram Stoker’s Dracula and a range of other vampire narratives, primarily films, in a fresh light, this book reveals the nosferatu as both a plague on humankind and the eco-warriors that planet Earth desperately needs.
Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Dracula the Environmentalist: The Land Beyond the Forest 2. Vampiric Sustainability: The Undead Planet 3. Undead Eco-Warrior: The End of the World as We Know It 4. The End of the End: Consumerism Will Eat Itself 5. Vampire Ecosystems: It Came from Outer Space Filmography Bibliography Index of Terms