Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein already introduces this issue of the nature of being and the core of our subjectivity. In Frankissstein’s source text, Frankenstein’s creature, an outsider in his society, raises the question of what makes someone human, what is considered monstrous, and who has the prerogative of deciding on the answers. As such, it has traditionally been read as “a representation of [marginalisation] and [victimisation], of binding cultural construction” (Mossman, no pg.).
View More “I live with doubleness”: Non-Binary Gender Identity and Othering in Jeanette Winterson’s Frankissstein: A Love StoryAuthor: Kit Schuster
Kit Schuster (they/them) is a Master student in British and North American Cultural Studies at the University of Freiburg, Germany, where they will continue their studies with a PhD dissertation on trans speculative future fictions. Their current research focuses on bodies, gender, sexuality, and how these define (post)human identities in popular culture. Kit Schuster also works as a dance pedagogue, giving workshops on the interrelations of gender and movement. They can be contacted on twitter @KitSchusterAca.