Dracula Context

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orthodox jewish rabbis

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believe that the seat of life is in the blood, where the ‘soul essence resides’

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new woman

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sarah grand
1894

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dracula’s position at the center

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leonard wolf
“quatreface” “carrefour” a place where 4 roads meet

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invasion literature

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emerging gnere from 1870s to WWI
h.g. well’s ‘war of the worlds’ 1897

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domestic invasion

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an englishman’s home is his castle and each man’s home is his safest refuge

sir edward coke

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angel of the house

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coventry patmore

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contagious diseases act

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1864

granted power to the police to arrest women on the slightest suspicion that they were soliciting- men completely free

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prostitution in london

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in 1858 there were 7,194

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described as ‘fallen women’ and

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‘daughters of eve’

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fin de siecle

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decline in morality

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maiden tribute of modern babylon

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made prostitutes more vulnerable- forced to the streeths when brothels shut down

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time when stds (syphillis) was rising

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played up in coppola’s

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jack the ripper

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1888 aug 31st 1st body in whitechapel

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immigration panic played a role in jack the ripper

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anti-semitic label ‘Jacob the ripper’

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jack the ripper- women control

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even ‘respectable women’ were put under house arrest

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ripper iconography

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presented female mutilation as a source of power- all kinds of men degraded women on the streets

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the only emotions which

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in the long run harm are those arising from sex impulses (stoker)

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male sexual pleasure is

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necessary for reproduction and female pleasure is not, therefore sexual pleasure is the sole providence of men

weiman and dionosapoulas

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harker ventures on the eve of

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st georges day
dracula associated with reptilian (st george vs dragon)
dracula originates from drac which means dragul- dragon thus evil
a way to control female sexuality

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vlad the impaler

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presented as “sadistic sexuality in delivering punishment for moral crimes” e.g. infidelity (bohn)

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dracula=

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wallachian language means devil

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frankenstein

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1818 shelley
the ‘other’ is a creature consumed by anger, rage, and insanity that bursts “all bounds of reason and reflection” (shelley)

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sanguine economy

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connection of blood and sperm

sex and masturbation to be seen as evil both religiously and scientifically

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the pale bodied

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the enemy of society (religious) the sexually impure were described as having a ‘pale countenance’ and a ‘bloodless body’ dracul has “extraordinary pallour”
fears of degeneration and keeping the blood pure

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1905

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aliens act- against jewish migration

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Dracula's physiognomy and Harker's descriptions

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likened to a parasite and the anti-semitic description of a jew

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published prior to the development of

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ABO cross matching

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blood transfusions with sexual intercourse

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Arthur says it makes Lucy 'truly his wife'

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lombroso

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a born criminal was identifiable by certain anatomical features stoker's letter to walt whitman

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hairy palms

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frequent masturbation

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the origin of species

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1859 charles darwin boundary betwen animal and unhuman was unstable- fear of degeneration and devolution, regression

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original cover of dracula

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yellow 1980s era of decadence, degeneration, and decay