Greetings Everyone!
I hope all of you will pick up a copy of my most
recent book: Horror as Racism in H. P. Lovecraft: White Fragility in the
Weird Tales! You can get it online
from Bloomsbury and of course, from
Amazon and other booksellers in the US and around the world.
H. P. Lovecraft, in his hybrid, degenerative monster
tales, makes use of the miscegenation
narrative, which holds that sexual liaisons or intimate, non-sexual
associations between members of different races, or species, pose a threat for
Anglo Saxon whites.
In Lovecraft’s view, miscegenation always debases the
white partner — male or female — and it can lead to the production of mixed
race children, which are, in effect, not only an abomination against natural
law, but also a threat to the longevity of the white race and to the survival
of western civilization in general.
As a further elaboration of the miscegenation
narrative, there are two types of miscegenation narratives in Lovecraft’s
fiction. First, there is miscegenation
by blood; in these cases, the relationship between the two parties is always
sexual, and hybrids are produced.
Second, there is miscegenation by association; in these cases, no sexual
contact occurs; the danger, thus, arises merely from the contact between the
partners.
Check out my book for analysis of how Lovecraft uses
his miscegenation narrative in some of
his most popular tales: “Herbert West—Reanimator,” “The Lurking Fear,” “The
Rats in the Walls” and one of his
greatest tales: “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”!
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/horror-as-racism-in-h-p-lovecraft-9798765107706/
JLS
