Published on Observatoire de l'imaginaire contemporain (https://oic.uqam.ca)

Date de publication: 21/10/2022
Figura, Centre de recherche sur le texte et l'imaginaire, Université du Québec à Montréal

“The Girl from Nowhere, The Zero”: Gender Neutrality, Identity, Corporeality, and Language in Justin Cronin’s The Passage [1]

 

Présentation de la communication

«Vampirism always never implies something which goes above and beyond the eminent world. The immortality inherent to the figure of the vampire places the creature in a in-between realm, since they live both in and outside society.

This liminal status therefore creates a neutral space, making the vampire a potent figuration of the concept of neutrality. In the same vein, the figure of the vampire challenges ideals of identity, especially in terms of gender and sexuality.»

 

Archive audio de la communication

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Taxonomie_group
Research Areas:
Contemporary figures [2]
Figures and Imaginary:
death [3]
vampire [4]
body [5]
introductory character [6]
Problematics:
otherness [7]
identity [8]
sexuality [9]
Thursday 27 April 2017
Event:
Figures de l'immortel(le)
Referenced author(s) and artist(s):
Butler, Judith
Bibliography:
Type of event:
Symposium [12]
Teaser:

Vampirism always never implies something which goes above and beyond the eminent world. The immortality inherent to the figure of the vampire places the creature in a in-between realm, since they live both in and outside society. This liminal status therefore creates a neutral space, making the vampire a potent figuration of the concept of neutrality. In the same vein, the figure of the vampire challenges ideals of identity, especially in terms of gender and sexuality.

To cite this document:
Levesque, Marie [13]. 2017. ““The Girl from Nowhere, The Zero”: Gender Neutrality, Identity, Corporeality, and Language in Justin Cronin’s The Passage [14]”. Within Figures de l’immortel(le). Symposium hosted by Revue Post-Scriptum. Montréal, Université de Montréal, 27 avril 2017. Document vidéo. Available online: l’Observatoire de l’imaginaire contemporain. <https://oic.uqam.ca/en/communications/the-girl-from-nowhere-the-zero-gender-neutrality-identity-corporeality-and-language [1]>. Accessed on May 1, 2023.
Node ID:
62508
Pour citer ce document (Computed):
<span class="biblio-authors" >Levesque, Marie</span>. 2017. « <span class="biblio-title" >“The Girl from Nowhere, The Zero”: Gender Neutrality, Identity, Corporeality, and Language in Justin Cronin’s The Passage</span> ». Dans le cadre de <span style="font-style: italic;">Figures de l’immortel(le)</span>. Colloque organisé par Revue Post-Scriptum. Montréal, Université de Montréal, 27 avril 2017. Document vidéo. En ligne sur le site de l’Observatoire de l’imaginaire contemporain. &lt;https://oic.uqam.ca/fr/communications/the-girl-from-nowhere-the-zero-gender-neutrality-identity-corporeality-and-language&gt;. <span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rft.title=%E2%80%9CThe+Girl+from+Nowhere%2C+The+Zero%E2%80%9D%3A+Gender+Neutrality%2C+Identity%2C+Corporeality%2C+and+Language+in+Justin+Cronin%E2%80%99s+The+Passage&amp;rft.date=2017&amp;rft.aulast=Levesque&amp;rft.aufirst=Marie&amp;rft.pub=Revue+Post-Scriptum&amp;rft.place=Montr%C3%A9al%2C+Universit%C3%A9+de+Montr%C3%A9al"></span>
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