![]() ![]() There is also much academic critique of the mainstream work, since it is often reflexive of the socio-cultural context in which it is created and presented. Mainstream, on the other hand, will refer to the more fictionalized accounts of the vampire phenomenon that includes literature, theatre and film as a way of building up the body of work surrounding the vampire. ![]() In terms of this article, academic refers to published works that build upon a construction of the vampire phenomenon from folklore as a way of understanding socio-cultural frameworks of a group. This is important because the two are very symbiotic in the sense that they feed each other. I think that at this point it is also useful to present my operant definitions for academic and mainstream. While this article is meant to highlight the topic of vampires as discussed in both academic and mainstream published media, it is by far not a complete overview of the topic, as the research databases are replete with all manner of entries on vampires, vampirism, and the ilk. ![]()
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