Dracula : mécanique des fluides et roman des angoisses circulatoires
The vampiric monster in Stoker’s Dracula epitomizes a threat coming from the margins, which happens to be related to the body. Indeed, anxious Victorian concerns persisting about different types of flow lead us to question the concrete visibility of sexual bodily fluids (sperm, menses and milk) in t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fra |
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Association Genres, sexualités, langage
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Glad! |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/glad/1248 |
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| Summary: | The vampiric monster in Stoker’s Dracula epitomizes a threat coming from the margins, which happens to be related to the body. Indeed, anxious Victorian concerns persisting about different types of flow lead us to question the concrete visibility of sexual bodily fluids (sperm, menses and milk) in the novel. This study will hence discuss how Stoker’s ”fluid mechanics” conveys an ”aesthetics of trouble”, and how its overflowing serves a cathartic purpose with a direct link to the writing of female protagonists. |
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| ISSN: | 2551-0819 |