Reuters: Pop culture expert discusses teenage girls, vampires

Release Date: August 10, 2009 This content is archived.

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An article distributed by Reuters about the popularity of the vampire genre among teenage girls quotes Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, who said that unlike old-school vampires like Dracula, modern vampires have complex relationships and emotional entanglements with the objects of their desires. The article appeared in The Washington Post and on a number of National Public Radio stations, including Wyoming Public Radio.

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