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- Title
"The Bloody Transaction": Black Vampires and the Afterlives of Slavery in Blacula and The Gilda Stories.
- Authors
Kent, Sarah
- Abstract
The article focuses on the Black vampires portrayed in the film "Blacula" and the queer feminist novel "The Gilda Stories," by Jewelle Gomez, as a metaphor for the afterlife of slavery. The author discusses fugitive slave narratives, examines the the blaxploitation of "Blacula," and explores the bloody relationship between slavery and vampires.
- Subjects
BLACULA (Film); GILDA Stories, The (Book); GOMEZ, Jewelle; VAMPIRES; VAMPIRES in literature; VAMPIRE films; BLAXPLOITATION films; FUGITIVE slaves
- Publication
Journal of Popular Culture, 2020, Vol 53, Issue 3, p739
- ISSN
1540-5931
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jpcu.12928