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- From: alix@netcom.com (Alexandria North)
- Subject: Re: Rice characters are New Orleans gays??
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.213222.19035@netcom.com>
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- References: <1992Dec25.173039.3631@nic.csu.net> <1992Dec26.065817.20215@netcom.com> <forb0004.171.725482222@student.tc.umn.edu>
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 21:32:22 GMT
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- In article <forb0004.171.725482222@student.tc.umn.edu> forb0004@student.tc.umn.edu (Eric Forbis ) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec26.065817.20215@netcom.com> alix@netcom.com (Alexandria North) writes:
- >>In article <1992Dec25.173039.3631@nic.csu.net> beth@nermal.SantaRosa.Edu (Beth Winegarner) writes:
- >>>>I think, we forgot to mention that there is NO sexual acts
- >>>>on the part of the vampires. There is sensuality, which is
- >>>>an artistic view of the beauty within the persons included
- >>>>in her books. Never once did I read that intercourse took
- >>>>place with a vampire with the victims or the other vampires.
- >>>>Mac
- >>>
- >>>Who says homosexuality exists in the sexual act alone? It doesn't; and if
- >>>you read the biography of Anne Rice ("Prism of the Night" by Katherine
- >>>Ramsland, a must for any Rice fan) you'll see that some of her vampires are
- >>>mirrors for the gays she knew while she lived in San Francisco. Whether or
- >>>not they're sexually active has nothing to do with it (Rice's vampires
- >>>cann't have real sexual intercourse, anyways); but in her books, the sharing
- >>>of blood is a metaphor for the sexual act (penetration... sharing of juices..
- >>>the passion, etc...). Not only that, but the clear affection between
- >>>several of the male vampires more than suggests homoeroticism.
- >>
- >>I think homoeroticism is a better word, in general, than homosexuality,
- >>because it really embodies the spirit of "sexual preference." Sensuality
- >>is a big part of eroticism, preference, and all that.
- >>
- >One objection: Homoeroticism implies eroticism directed to members of the
- >same gender, whereas Rice's vampires appreciate the sensuality of, and drink
- >from, both genders. "Bierotic" sounds too ugly; perhaps erotic will do.
-
- Yeah, I was struggling with "Bierotic" when I wrote my post, and finally
- decided that it wouldn't work (as a word, only!). I do, whoever, think that
- Rice's vampires are a little biased toward the same gender...of course, few
- bisexual folk are 50/50 in their preferences, so a bias one way or another
- would make sense. And, you have to think of the time, as well, when someone
- was made a vampire -- what kind of trust was there between genders during
- their human years? It might be more natural for Lestat or Louis to turn to a
- man anyway, especially without what we (humans) define as "sexual acts"
- muddying the waters.
-
- Just some thoughts.
-
- Alexandria
-