Introduction : "If a tree falls in the woods, it's still a tree, ain't it?""I used to hate vampires, until I got to know one" : vampire-human ethics -- "Life-challenged individuals" : the politics of being dead -- "Their very blood is seductive" : eros, sexuality, and gender -- "I am actually older than your Jesus" : natural, supernatural, and divine -- "Our existence is insanity" : the metaphysics of supernatural beings -- "I don't know who you think you are, but before the night is through..." -- Sookie's words of the day. Christopher Robichaud: To turn or not to turn : the ethics of making vampires Jennifer Culver: Dressing up and playing human : vampire assimilation in the human playground Ariadne Blayde and George A. Dunn: Pets, cattle, and higher life forms on True Blood Joseph J. Foy: Signed in blood : rights and the vampire-human social contract William M. Curtis: "Honey, if we can't kill people, what's the point of being a vampire?" : can vampires be good citizens? Bruce A. McClelland: Un-true blood : the politics of artificiality Patricia Brace and Robert Arp: Coming out of the coffin and coming out of the closet Lillian E. Craton and Kathryn E. Jonell: "I am Sookie, hear me roar!" : Sookie Stackhouse and feminist ambivalence Ron Hirschbein: Sookie, Sigmund, and the edible complex Kevin J. Corn and George A. Dunn: Let the bon temps roll : sacrifice, scapegoats, and good times Andrew Terjesen and Jenny Terjesen: Are vampires unnatural? Adam Barkman: Does God hate fangs? Susan Peppers-Bates and Joshua Rust: A vampire's heart has its reasons that scientific naturalism can't understand Fred Curry: Keeping secrets from Sookie Sarah Grubb.: Vampires, werewolves, and shapeshifters : the more they change, the more they stay the same |
