Here be monsters
A Choreomaniac's Companion to Thedanse Macabre
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4517059 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Line Henriksen (0000-0002-4902-624X, Linköping University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 414-423 |
| Publication date | 2013-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women & Performance a journal of feminist theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0740-770X • E-ISSN: 1748-5819 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0740770x.2013.857082 |
| OpenAlex | W2064353403 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Consider this a vade mecum: an invitation to “walk with me” through more or less uncanny terrains of worlds in the making in search, of(f) course, of monsters. The search will be delving into the areas of “creepypasta:” pieces of cursed prose and pictures that circulate online, waiting to contaminate and possess the next reader. Using a theoretical framework of posthuman and feminist theory, not least the work done by Jacques Derrida and Donna Haraway, this vade mecum asks what it might mean to engage ethically with that which is not supposed to exist, but which haunts us nonetheless. In other words: what does it mean to move, live and engage with spectres in digital times?Keywords: posthumanismethicsfeminist theoryJacques DerridamonstersDonna Harawayhorrorinternetdigital mediacreative writinggothicdancespectralityspectrehauntology Notes on contributorLine Henriksen is a PhD student at the Department of Thematic Studies (Gender Studies) at Linköping University, Sweden. In her work she engages with ‘creepypasta’, a sub-genre of internet horror-stories, through the theoretical framework of feminist posthumanisms and hauntology. She has previously published ‘A Short Bestiary of Creatures from the Web’ in The Ashgate Research Companion to Paranormal Cultures (2013).Notes1. “Vade mecum” means “go with me.” Source: www.etymonline.com. Link: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=vade%20mecum [Accessed 1 July 2013].2. Braidotti (Citation1996, 138).3. The X-Files (Citation1996).4. Blake (Citation1999).5. Ibid.6. Van Duzer (Citation2012, 387–436).7. I am grateful to Helga Sadowski, whose research at Linköping University has made me aware of the many nautical metaphors surrounding the Internet.8. Ibid.9. Haraway (Citation1991, 188).10. The Curious Case of Smile.jpg.11. Haraway (Citation2008, 11).12. Ibid., 25.13. Ibid., 3.14. Ibid., 19.15. Derrida and McDonald (Citation1982, 68). Italics in original.16. Ibid., 66.17. Ibid., 69. My italics.18. Shildrick (Citation2002, 129).19. Derrida (Citation2011, 21).20. Shildrick (Citation2002, 130).21. Derrida and McDonald (Citation1982, 67).22. Ibid., 6623. Derrida (Citation2011).24. See for example Tsing (Citation2010).25. Haraway (Citation1992, 295–337).26. Derrida quoted in Shildrick (2002, 129–130).27. The Curious Case of Smile.jpg.28. Charles (Citation2009).29. Shildrick (Citation1999, 86).30. The Curious Case of Smile.jpg.31. Ibid
Art · Art history · Macabre · Cinema and Media Studies · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Renaissance Literature and Culture
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |