My FYP Is and American Studies FYP....

My Fyp looks at how vampires and the gothic in American Film and TV represent societies fears and anxieties. The reason this is an American Studies FYP is because i will be looking at The USA's fascination with Vampire texts and how they are representations of American Society in particular. This is mainly because i am looking at contemporary texts as the primary sources for the fyp which are all American produced Films and Television Shows. This does relate to what we discussed in the last session though as we have an understanding in American Studies that we have to study all of the input that goes into america to make it up e.g the different races and cultures that make up America. This relates to my FYP as there is so much input from older texts and European texts which many of the American adaptations are based on. The existing debates that surround my topic are the relationships between vampire fiction and how it represents themes of race, gender, sexuality, disease, religion and the fear of the "other" and as we know these are some of the key issues in American Society and have always been.