26 May To Slay or Not to Slay?: Using Le Fanu’s Carmilla as a Critical Lens to Explore Repression in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, By Tamara Carnevale
Texts in the Gothic literary tradition often explore taboo subject matter, such as violence against women and same-sex desire, as a way to challenge and even sensationalize cultural anxieties, questioning and rejecting the status quo. Despite centuries between the Gothic’s peak and today, the Gothic...