User:Drygionus/LGBT themes in horror fiction/Bibliography

Outline of proposed changes
The page has been worked on by student projects before, but not for several years.

It has two different pictures related to Dorian Gray, the second not related to LGBT themes, so can be removed.

Article only has a very short lead, an "overview," and a "vampirism and homosexual desire" section.

Could maybe be restructured to be distinct sections for overview as history, notable examples, and removing the paragraph talking about film, as it is off topic and includes original research in its claims.

I don't want to totally blow up the article, but it feels so compressed and surface level as is, and I feel like breaking it into sections could allow for more depth. In the notable examples section, rather than a half sentence for each work, it could be several sentences or distinct paragraphs for each.

Complete lack of discussion of Frankenstein, even though the related link "The Babadook as a gay icon" references scholars comparing the themes of Frankenstein with queerness.

No references to trans themes or characters of any kind, even though the page is "LGBT themes." A fairly typical omission for LGBT discussions, hopefully can remedy this with Frankenstein.

Plenty of Carmilla sources, plenty of Dracula ones, though could use some more grounding, and same for Dorian Gray sources.

Removed sentence about motion picture film codes. I'm still uncertain as to whether I want to rewrite or edit any of the main text, or just focus on adding the trans Frankenstein element.

The History section also only references homosexuality, so could add in Frankenstein and any other examples I find to there too.

Article also doesn't include contemporary LGBT literature, maybe a less academic article could be used to back that up?

Changes so far
Removed paragraph talking about film

Removed redundant Dorian Gray image

Added illustration from Frankenstein

Illustration was immediately removed by another editor saying it wasn't relevant- will revert once I add in section on gender and Frankenstein, and add a mention to the overview section

Frankenstein and gender
The alienation from one’s own body and psyche that both trans people and the creature experience, feeling stitched together, the visceral gore of surgery, the uncanny valley of the creature and the uncanny valley of the gender binary, external perception not lining up with internal sense of self, being harassed for existing, denouncement of mob mentality in the book, the creature being an amalgamation of concepts rather than a holistic thing and how that reflects trans anxieties of “passing”

Complete lack of discussion of Frankenstein, even though the related link "The Babadook as a gay icon" references scholars comparing the themes of Frankenstein with queerness.

No references to trans themes or characters of any kind, even though the page is "LGBT themes." A fairly typical omission for LGBT discussions, hopefully can remedy this with Frankenstein. Jolene Zigarovich. “The Trans Legacy of Frankenstein.” Science Fiction Studies 45, no. 2 (2018): 260–72.


 * An excellent source going deeper into the discussion of how Frankenstein engages with trans themes, and how this resonates with trans readers. Provides an overview of most of the scholarship on the topic to that point.