Real Vampires as an Identity Group
Analyzing Causes and Effects of an Introspective Survey by the Vampire Community
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20199382 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph P Laycock (corresponding author), Joseph Laycock |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 4-23 |
| Publication date | 2010-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1092-6690 • E-ISSN: 1541-8480 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/nr.2010.14.1.4 |
| OpenAlex | W2036981665 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
"Real vampires" believe that they must either consume blood or feed on "subtle" energy in order to maintain their physical, mental, and spiritual health. Recent scholarship has analyzed vampirism as a religious movement or as a cluster of "vampire religions." This article argues that vampirism should be viewed foremost as an identity around which social and religious institutions have formed. This model accounts for the mosaic of religious and cultural orientations held by vampires and acknowledges the vampire community's claims that vampirism is not a choice. It also facilitates a functionalist reading of vampire discourse as validating a new category of person
Aesthetics · Art · Cognitive psychology · Introspection · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Vampire · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2020 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |