The Monster Hunter in Modern Popular Culture

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by Heather L. Duda

Type

Studies

Subject

Genre > Horror

Keywords

characters, monsters, horror

Publishing date

2008

Publisher

McFarland & Co

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 192 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7864-3406-0

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Book Presentation:
As monsters in popular media have evolved and grown more complex, so have those who take on the job of stalking and staking them. This book examines the evolution of the contemporary monster hunter from Bram Stoker’s Abraham Van Helsing to today’s non-traditional monster hunters such as Blade, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Watchmen. Critically surveying a diverse range of books, films, television shows, and graphic novels, this study reveals how the monster hunter began as a white, upper-class, educated male and became everything from a vampire to a teenage girl with supernatural powers. Now often resembling the monsters they’ve vowed to conquer, modern characters occupy a gray area where the battle is often with their own inner natures as much as with the “evil” they fight.

About the Author:
Heather L. Duda is the Dean, College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Rio Grande in Rio Grande, Ohio. She lives in Louisville, Ohio.

Press Reviews:
Winner, Rondo Hatton Award
"New perspective…highly recommended"—Midwest Book Review
"An admirable job"—Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts
"Recommend[ed]"—The Borgo Post

See the publisher website: McFarland & Co