Laycock, Joseph, 1980-

Vampires today : the truth about modern vampirism / Joseph Laycock. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2009. - xi, 200 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-192) and index.

What is a vampire? : or the varieties of vampiric experience -- Why vampires? -- The vampire milieu -- Initiatory vampire groups : vampirism as apotheosis -- The vampire community -- Vampirism and religion, a dialogue -- Out of the shadows -- Vampires and the modern.

This book about real vampires and the communities they have formed explores the modern world of vampirism in all its amazing variety.

9780313364723 0313364729

2008051652


Vampires--United States.
Vampires.


United States.

BF1556 / .L39 2009

398/.45