Vampiric Relations: An Argument on Gender Paradigms

In Europe in the late nineteenth century, vampires have become an increasingly popular theme in Gothic novels. Dracula of Brac Stoker is the most popular so far, but it is neither the first nor the cutting edge. Indeed, in 1872, J. Sheridan Le Fanu announced "Camilla". This is a short story about women's vampires preying young women. This progressive story shows many homosexual exchange scenes between Carmilla and the main character Laura. Their relationship means a new paradigm, and men no longer control women's communication.

After all, the vampire became a tool for the novel, the relationship with sex changed. In Victorian culture, women are mainly victims of vampires, not vampires themselves. The remarkable exception is the title function of the novel "Camilla" published in 1872 (Bussen, p. 40). In this story, the vampire brought a woman's nephew. It is speculated that this gender selection is due to the fact that the center of the story is friendship between vampires and women's victims (Bunson, p. 40). In this case, the vampire's sex adds credibility and fear to the story.

Through the history of the vampire legend, sex and sex play an important role in the vampire's appearance and behavior. Starting with the folklore of ancient Babylonian vampires, women play an important role in the creation and maintenance of vampires and are often seen as an integral part of this destructive force (Bunson, p. 157). Many of these original concepts were supported by religious doctrines formed after Babylonian faith was established. Jewish - the story of Christianity, especially the expulsion of Eve from the Garden of Eden, will strengthen the original folklore. The belief that vampires are derived from Adam 's first wife, Bresson is also continuing in many cultures (p. 157). The story shows that she was exiled from the Garden of Eden because she was full of evil spirits (Bunson, p. 157)

In contemporary vampire media, power and control are determined by role, not by normality (Gordon & Hollinger, p. 32). As vampires establish a hierarchical social structure, the dependence on traditional sexual behavior has diminished. For example, in the 1970s hammer movie, women were limited to the role of victims, subordinates, or soldiers. They never get the perceptible power. But by the 1990's the situation changed. For movies such as blades and novels of the Anrice Series "Vampire Chronicles", power is resolved through the overall status of the individual within the Vampire Community hierarchy. In some cases, women are the most powerful vampire in existence, as Les' letters Mahale, Mechre and Akasha look. These stories show that strength and strength are related to age and experience and are not related to male or female gender identity. Therefore, women may be as strong as men