In his book Vampires Today: The Truth About Modern Vampirism (2009), Laycock examines teenagers, stay-at-home moms, grandmothers, and professionals, all unremarkable subjects save for one little thing: they claim to feed off of other people’s energy, and every so often drink human blood.īU Today: How did a religious studies scholar become interested in modern-day vampires? There’s HBO’s phenomenally successful True Blood, the CW series The Vampire Diaries, and Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling Twilight saga and the books’ subsequent smash films.īut according to religious studies scholar Joseph Laycock (GRS’13), vampires are more than pop culture icons. But these days they’ve become so embedded in popular culture, it’s fair to say they’re now a year-round phenomenon. It’s that time of year-when thoughts turn to vampires. Vampire expert Joseph Laycock (GRS’13) discusses those elusive creatures of the night.
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