TY - BOOK AU - Dunn,George A. AU - Housel,Rebecca TI - True blood and philosophy: we wanna think bad things with you T2 - The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series SN - 9780470597729 (pbk.) : AV - PS3558.A6427 Z89 2010 U1 - 813.54 DUN 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Hoboken, N.J., Chichester PB - Wiley, John Wiley [distributor] KW - Harris, Charlaine. KW - Harris, Charlaine KW - True blood (Television program) KW - Vampires in literature KW - Werewolves in literature KW - Vampires on television KW - Werewolves on television KW - Immortality (Philosophy) KW - Philosophy in literature N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : "If a tree falls in the woods, it's still a tree, ain't it?" -- "I used to hate vampires, until I got to know one" : vampire-human ethics -- "Life-challenged individuals" : the politics of being dead -- "Their very blood is seductive" : eros, sexuality, and gender -- "I am actually older than your Jesus" : natural, supernatural, and divine -- "Our existence is insanity" : the metaphysics of supernatural beings -- "I don't know who you think you are, but before the night is through..." -- Sookie's words of the day; To turn or not to turn : the ethics of making vampires; Christopher Robichaud --; Dressing up and playing human : vampire assimilation in the human playground; Jennifer Culver --; Pets, cattle, and higher life forms on True Blood; Ariadne Blayde and George A. Dunn --; Signed in blood : rights and the vampire-human social contract; Joseph J. Foy --; "Honey, if we can't kill people, what's the point of being a vampire?" : can vampires be good citizens?; William M. Curtis --; Un-true blood : the politics of artificiality; Bruce A. McClelland --; Coming out of the coffin and coming out of the closet; Patricia Brace and Robert Arp --; "I am Sookie, hear me roar!" : Sookie Stackhouse and feminist ambivalence; Lillian E. Craton and Kathryn E. Jonell --; Sookie, Sigmund, and the edible complex; Ron Hirschbein --; Let the bon temps roll : sacrifice, scapegoats, and good times; Kevin J. Corn and George A. Dunn --; Are vampires unnatural?; Andrew Terjesen and Jenny Terjesen --; Does God hate fangs?; Adam Barkman --; A vampire's heart has its reasons that scientific naturalism can't understand; Susan Peppers-Bates and Joshua Rust --; Keeping secrets from Sookie; Fred Curry --; Vampires, werewolves, and shapeshifters : the more they change, the more they stay the same; Sarah Grubb ER -