Oct 7, 2015 | Browse by Media, Browse Past Volumes, Digital Media/Internet, fan culture, Older Media, Television, Uncategorized, Volume 26
Abstract: This essay performs a queer reading of the Mordred character—that great archetype of the treacherous villain—from BBC’s Merlin (2008–2012) so as to examine his role in a series that garnered a devoted following among ‘slash fans,’ who homoeroticise male...
Oct 7, 2015 | Browse Past Volumes, fan culture, Film, Games, Music, Print Media, Television, Volume 26
Contents “Children should play with dead things”: transforming Frankenstein in Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie – Erin Hawley “You gave me no choice”: A queer reading of Mordred’s journey to villainy and struggle for identity in BBC’s Merlin – Joseph Brennan...
Oct 7, 2015 | Animation, fan culture, Film, Uncategorized, Volume 26
Abstract: In this paper, I explore the possibility of retelling Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein in a children’s media text. Like most material within the horror genre, Frankenstein is not immediately accessible to children and its key themes and tropes have...
