Monster Mini Series Episode 1: The Vampire

In our first episode of our Monster Mini Series, we'll be exploring the vampire. Stay tuned to see how we make sense of and unpack the bloodsuckers themselves. CW confederates, racism, xenophobia, colonization, slavery, misogyny, sexual violence, religious trauma, homophobia, transphobia, anti-immigration, HIV/AIDSWorks CitedAuerbach, Nina. Our Vampires, Ourselves. University of Chicago Press, 1995.Gelder, Ken. Reading the Vampire. Routledge, 1994.McFadden, Mary. “A History of Vampires and Their Transformation from Solely Monsters to Monstrous, Tragic, and Romantic Figures.” Curiosity: Interdisciplinary Journal of Research and Innovation, vol. 2, 2021, doi:10.36898/001c.22205.Timelost. “Vampires and Other Foreigners.” On Books, Streets & Migrant Footprints, 20 Nov. 2019, abeautifulbook.wordpress.com/2019/11/20/vampires-and-other-foreigners/.Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan. Carmilla. Project Gutenberg, 2001, www.gutenberg.org/files/10007/10007-h/10007-h.htm“Carmilla.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmilla.Marx, Karl. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy. Translated by Samuel Moore and Edward Bibbins Aveling, edited by Friedrich Engels and Ernest Untermann. 1st ed., Progress Publishers, 1887.Whitcomb, Rosie. “What Can Frankenstein Teach Us about Prejudice?” YouTube, uploaded by Books ‘n’ Cats, 22 May. 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa6144Ctl0E“Vampires; a Thematic Analysis.” Reddit, 25 Apr. 2013, r/fantasywriters, https://www.reddit.com/r/fantasywriters/comments/1evw47q/vampires_a_thematic_analysis/Vincent, Christina. “Dreaming of Dracula: A Jungian Analysis of Bram Stoker’s Novel.” M.A. thesis, University at Albany, 2012. ScholarsArchive, scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1794&context=legacy-etd.Kimberley, Steven. “A Psychological Analysis of the Vampire Myth.” Essex Student Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, 2009, doi:10.5526/esj154.Khan, Rajja. “Fangs of Temptation: The Psychological Depths of Vampire Fascination.” Storm of Unsaid Words, 25 Oct. 2024, medium.com/the-storm-of-words-un-said/fangs-of-temptation-the-psychological-depths-of-vampire-fascination-10e20fa4e450.Bast, Florian. “‘I Won’t Always Ask’: Complicating Agency in Octavia Butler’s Fledgling.” Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies, no. 8, 2007, copas.uni-regensburg.de/article/view/128/152.Beebe, Jessica. “Dracula 1992: Every Way Coppola’s Movie Deviates From Bram Stoker’s Novel.” Screenrant, 18 Sep. 2020, screenrant.com/dracula-1992-movie-differences-bram-stoker-novel/.Dean, Tyler. “Fangs for the Memories.” Artforum, www.artforum.com/columns/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-vampire-immigration-1234725633/