Welcome, my ghouls!

In this episode, I explore the Gothic body, where beauty, death and desire intertwine. From vampire myths to historical obsessions with youth and purity, I uncover how the pursuit of eternal beauty has always revealed something darker about power, fear, and control.

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Sources & References:

Kubiesa, Jane M. (2021). Cultural Representations of the Transformative Body in Young Adult Multi-Volume Vampire Fiction, 2000–2010. University of Sheffield.

Kavka, Misha. (2002). The Gothic on Screen. In The Cambridge Companion to Gothic Fiction, edited by Jerrold E. Hogle. Cambridge University Press.

Sontag, Susan. (1978). Illness as Metaphor. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Illness & Illustration: The Beauty Myths of Tuberculosis & Vampires. Infectious Science. Retrieved from [Infectious Science website].

Vampire Panic. (n.d.). Science History Institute. Retrieved from [sciencehistory.org].

Flückinger, Johannes. (1732). Visum et Repertum: Report on the Case of Arnold Paole. Austrian Army Medical Corps.

Elizabeth Báthory in Popular Culture. Wikipedia. Retrieved from [wikipedia.org].

Smith, Robyn. (2020). Looking Like the Other: The Evolution of Vampire Fashion. Online article.

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