Lifestyle
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The Lesbian Panic, Victorian Desires and the Gothic Genre
Though Sedgwick nods towards lesbian literary history in this passage, she underplays its important status in her discussion of homosexual…
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An Introduction to the Staring Gaze of Steampunk
Steampunk’s growing popularity in books, film, games, fashion, and décor, has only exacerbated the problem, as the term has evolved…
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Creative Business from the Point of View of Goth Subculture
Businesses were looked into in this article from the point of view of the creative goth subculture
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The Role of Clothes in the Making of the Victorian Woman
To nineteenth-century writers the phrase “clothes make the man” no empty cliche, but a profound and perceptive truth about the…
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Women’s Decadent Sexuality in the Nineteenth-Century
Many people associate the term Victorian with the notion of sexual repression.
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The Literary Invitations into the Nineteenth-Century Erotic
Indeed, our fascination with the Victorian erotic unknown seems to derive largely from depictions of such anomalous practices as child…
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Not all Drag Queens are Born Equally: The Gender Identity
Drag queens allow a break in the heteronormative gender guideline while also reinforcing the social image of what it means…
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The Evolution of the Perceptions of the Goth Subculture
From its origin in the late 1970s to today, the subculture has evolved significantly, and with it the perceptions of…
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Gothic Lolitas Presenting the Extraordinary Secret Self
This article explores the trend for young adults in Hong Kong and South East Asia to dress up in themed…
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Promethean Desires: Historiography of Victorian Sexuality
Figures of scientists and engineers emerge during the nineteenth-century as icons of masculinity distinct from either the figure of the…
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Queenship Love and Separation in the Age of Mistresses
Mistresses neither took oaths, participated in public life nor intervened in assemblies.
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Androgyny and Gender Within the Gothic Subculture
The theme of this article is androgyny and gender blurring within the Gothic subculture.
