Blurring the Boundaries of Difference
Dracula , the Empire, and ‘the Jew’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12662007 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hannah Ewence (0000-0001-6157-2086, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 213-222 |
| Publication date | 2010-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Jewish Culture and History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1462-169X • E-ISSN: 2167-9428 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1462169x.2010.10512151 |
| OpenAlex | W2089775921 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) has evolved into a fantastical staple of the gothic horror genre for the modern age, yet the metaphorical implications of the tale still remain illusive and, consequently, contested. Stoker himself chose to perpetuate this illusiveness, admitting that ‘every book of the kind must contain some lesson’ yet intriguingly insisted that he ‘prefer that readers should find it out for themselves’. Exploiting that ‘free licence’ this article explores Count Dracula as an articulation of the Jewish immigrant ‘other’—an interpretation which draws upon the broader national context and anxious socio-cultural climate in which the novel was produced. However, when read in this way, it is suggested that, remarkably, Dracula appears to disrupt rather than validate the typically rigid and polarised positions which mark out, define and quantify difference. Instead the novel celebrates the blurring of boundaries between the British-Self and the Semitic-Other—a conclusion given credence by Bram Stoker's own marginalised racial and sexual identity
Aesthetics · Art · Articulation (sociology · Context (archaeology · Credence · Dracula · Identity (music · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literature · Politics · Sociology · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology of Social Influence
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |