Vamps

Williamson says ,"the vampire offers a way of inhabiting difference with pride, for embracing defiantly an identity that the world at large sees as "other." Has the current image of the vampire helped the disabled, the freaks and the "others" in society embrace being a "glamorous outsider?How has the emergence of the sympathetic vampire changed how vampires are viewed throughout history? Why do vampires stand out in a society with various mythical creatures (werewolves, beasts, etc..) that also expose the themes of sexuality and gender?