Consuming Youth : Vampires, Cyborgs, and the Culture of Consumption

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Summary: The Cultural Logic of the Hunger in the Shadow of Marx
Review: Despite the first impression one might have about its contents, this book consists of some serious (but fun!) neo-Marxist critiques of consumption (and how it can make us all "eternally young). This is accomplished by positioning the image of the cyborg and the vampire as primary metaphors in the processes of exchange in this postmodern world. If you liked The Lost Boys or The Hunger, have read Anne Rice or Poppy Z. Brite, and are not opposed to a little critical theory, this book offers a striking reappraisal of vampiric and cyborg imagery and how it is diffused in the popular media.