Vampire Mothers and Hybrid Creatures
Reflections of Contemporary Feminism and Transhumanist Questions
Abstract
Among the developments in vampire fiction over the last thirty years, the treatment of maternity and the hybrid stand out. The female vampire has imposed her fertility and dominant social functions. We seek to demonstrate how this phenomenon is part of the current dismantling of the patriarchal vision of women, while at the same time highlighting a certain obsolete feminism, and ultimately aligning itself with current feminist demands. The proliferation of hybrid creatures is also significant in our view and is of particular interest because of its link with the divisive debate surrounding transhumanism and eugenics. Finally, using specific examples, we look at the contemporary questions about the future of humanity raised by the alliance of these two trends.
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