The Other “V”: Dracula, Vampires, and the Anti-Vaccination Movements of Victorian England
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While the vampire has been frequently considered the embodiment of the Other that threatens the Self, it has also been affiliated with vaccination. Since Victorian England, the vampire was used by supporters of the anti-vaccination movements to support their arguments. The vampire was a fit and ready metaphor for compulsory vaccination as it reflected the change anxiety of violating physical boundaries and worked to highlight the political nature of the anti-vaccination movements. In this context, it can be observed that Bram Stoker’s Dracula exploits and reinforces the metaphor especially in terms of the mechanism of infection and the biopolitical implications of both vaccines and vampires. This study aims to examine how the entirety of Stoker’s novel can be read as supporting the anti-vaccination sentiment during the time of its publication focusing on the structure, form, language, and the characters of Van Helsing and Seward.
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While the vampire has been frequently considered the embodiment of the Other that threatens the Self, it has also been affiliated with vaccination. Since Victorian England, the vampire was used by supporters of the anti-vaccination movements to support their arguments. The vampire was a fit and ready metaphor for compulsory vaccination as it reflected the change anxiety of violating physical boundaries and worked to highlight the political nature of the anti-vaccination movements. In this context, it can be observed that Bram Stoker’s Dracula exploits and reinforces the metaphor especially in terms of the mechanism of infection and the biopolitical implications of both vaccines and vampires. This study aims to examine how the entirety of Stoker’s novel can be read as supporting the anti-vaccination sentiment during the time of its publication focusing on the structure, form, language, and the characters of Van Helsing and Seward.
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