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From count to prince: Reimagining the vampire in Dracula and Blacula

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From count to prince: Reimagining the vampire in Dracula and Blacula

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This paper examines the cultural and ideological reworking of Bram Stoker’s Dracula through a cinematic adaptation as Blacula, which was released in 1972. This study is taking place within the frame of Julie Sanders’ theory of adaptation and appropriation, in which the adaptation is not considered a mere process of simple repetition, but a deliberate act of cultural and temporal recontextualization that uses the vampire myth to address different racial, political, and historical realities of America in the 1970s. At the same time, Dracula speculates on late Victorian anxieties surrounding the British Imperial decline, such as a foreign invasion or racial contamination. Blacula, on the other hand, and in a different context, reframes the classical vampire figure as a tragic and racialized subject shaped by slavery, colonial violence, and systemic oppression. Through a comparative analysis of narrative structure, origins of vampirism, gender dynamics, characterization, and spatial settings, the article demonstrates how shared motifs such as immortality, victim transformation, and tragic romance are preserved throughout the adaptation process. Such original human motifs keep erupting and appearing within different ideological frameworks, as well as across different places and cultures. The shift from Gothic horror in Victorian England to American Blaxploitation cinema allows Blacula to act as a proper simultaneous example of the adaptation and appropriation theory suggested by Sander. By pointing up adaptation as an active process, this study contributes to broader debates on intertextuality and the capacity of the myth to be reshaped across media, genres, and different historical contexts.

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Birincil Dil

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Sömürge Dönemi Sonrası Edebiyatı

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Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

25 Haziran 2026

Gönderilme Tarihi

9 Şubat 2026

Kabul Tarihi

25 Haziran 2026

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2026 Cilt: 2 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Yildirim, Y. K. (2026). From count to prince: Reimagining the vampire in Dracula and Blacula. İYYÜ MOZAİKA Dil, Edebiyat , Kültür ve Çeviri Dergisi, 2(1), 51-65. https://izlik.org/JA64LD44RU
AMA
1.Yildirim YK. From count to prince: Reimagining the vampire in Dracula and Blacula. MOZAİKA. 2026;2(1):51-65. https://izlik.org/JA64LD44RU
Chicago
Yildirim, Yahya Kemal. 2026. “From count to prince: Reimagining the vampire in Dracula and Blacula”. İYYÜ MOZAİKA Dil, Edebiyat , Kültür ve Çeviri Dergisi 2 (1): 51-65. https://izlik.org/JA64LD44RU.
EndNote
Yildirim YK (01 Haziran 2026) From count to prince: Reimagining the vampire in Dracula and Blacula. İYYÜ MOZAİKA Dil, Edebiyat , Kültür ve Çeviri Dergisi 2 1 51–65.
IEEE
[1]Y. K. Yildirim, “From count to prince: Reimagining the vampire in Dracula and Blacula”, MOZAİKA, c. 2, sy 1, ss. 51–65, Haz. 2026, [çevrimiçi]. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA64LD44RU
ISNAD
Yildirim, Yahya Kemal. “From count to prince: Reimagining the vampire in Dracula and Blacula”. İYYÜ MOZAİKA Dil, Edebiyat , Kültür ve Çeviri Dergisi 2/1 (01 Haziran 2026): 51-65. https://izlik.org/JA64LD44RU.
JAMA
1.Yildirim YK. From count to prince: Reimagining the vampire in Dracula and Blacula. MOZAİKA. 2026;2:51–65.
MLA
Yildirim, Yahya Kemal. “From count to prince: Reimagining the vampire in Dracula and Blacula”. İYYÜ MOZAİKA Dil, Edebiyat , Kültür ve Çeviri Dergisi, c. 2, sy 1, Haziran 2026, ss. 51-65, https://izlik.org/JA64LD44RU.
Vancouver
1.Yahya Kemal Yildirim. From count to prince: Reimagining the vampire in Dracula and Blacula. MOZAİKA [Internet]. 01 Haziran 2026;2(1):51-65. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA64LD44RU