The Sexual Politics of Frankenstein

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is one of the most misunderstood novels in literary history. Often written off as an anti-science screed, careful reading reveals it to be a timeless parable about human responsibility that grapples with fundamental questions about what we owe to our planet and to each other. Let's rediscover the true radicalism of Shelley's vision through the prism of sexuality, family, and the ethics of the creation of life. 0:00 Introduction 17:24 I. The Father 42:49 II. The Mother 1:03:47 III. The Child 1:23:51 Conclusion / Credits Watch @TheEsotericaChannel's companion video ► https://youtu.be/zI73-CpVKjM?si=q-OtbLbHStCp6HH_ Support Atun-Shei Films on Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/atunsheifilms Leave a Tip via Paypal ► https://www.paypal.me/atunsheifilms Buy Merch ► https://teespring.com/stores/atun-shei-films Official Website ► https://www.atunsheifilms.com/ Thumbnail and Creature Art by Ben Wickey ► https://www.instagram.com/ben_wickey/ Original Music by Dillon DeRosa ► http://dillonderosa.com/ ~REFERENCES~ [1] Florence A. Marshall. The Life and Letters of Mary Woolstonecraft Shelley (1889). Richard Bentley & Son, Page 42-56 [2] Michael Owen Jones. “In Pursuit of Percy Shelley, The First Celebrity Vegan: An Essay on Meat, Sex, and Broccoli” (2022). Gothic Keats Press https://www.gothickeatspress.com/essay/in-pursuit-of-percy-shelley-the-first-celebrity-vegan-an-essay-on-meat-sex-and-broccoli [3] Stephen Behrendt & Anne Mellor. Approaches to Teaching Shelley’s Frankenstein (1990). MLA Publications, Page 160-166 [4] Bron Taylor. Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future (2010). University of California Berkeley Press. Accessed through the Ted K Archive https://www.thetedkarchive.com/library/bron-taylor-dark-green-religion [5] David Marshall. The Surprising Effects of Sympathy: Marivaux, Diderot, Rousseau, and Mary Shelley (1988). University of Chicago Press, Page 178-227 [6] Jean-Jacques Rousseau. A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind (2004 E-Book). Project Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/11136/pg11136-images.html [7] Alison E. Rautman. Reading the Body: Representations and Remains in the Archaeological Record (2000). University of Pennsylvania Press, Page 186-200 [8] Kathlyn M. Cooney. Gender Transformation in Death: A Case Study in Coffins from Rammesside Period Egypt (2010). Near Eastern Archaeology, Vol. 73, No. 4 [9] Leslie Klinger. The New Annotated Frankenstein (2017). W. W. Norton, Page 282 [10] Klinger, Page xxxiv-xlv [11] R. Glynn Grylls. Mary Shelley: A Biography (1938). Oxford University Press, Page 18 [12] Susan Tyler Hitchcock. Frankenstein: A Cultural History (2007). W. W. Norton & Company, Page 17-19 [13] Marshall, Page 109-111 [14] Ellen Moers. Literary Women: The Great Writers (1985 Edition). Oxford University Press, Page 90-98 [15] Antje Horsch, et al. “Childbirth-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Definition, Risk Factors, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment” (2024). American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Volume 230, Issue 3, S1116 - S1127 https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(23)00713-5/fulltext [16] Friedman S Hatters & PJ Resnick. “Child Murder by Mothers: Patterns and Prevention” (2007). World Psychiatry. PMID: 18188430; PMCID: PMC2174580. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2174580/ [17] A. Ahsan, A. Nadeem, A. Habib, A. A. A. Basaria, R. Tariq, N Raufi. “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Following Childbirth: A Neglected Cause” (2023). Front Glob Womens Health. PMID: 38130709; PMCID: PMC10733854. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10733854/ [18] Grylls, Page 54-62 [19] Jed Mayer. “The Weird Ecologies of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” (2018). Science Fiction Studies # 135 Volume 45, Part 2 https://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/135/Mayer.html [20] “Extreme Carbon Inequality” (2015). Oxfam Media Briefing https://www-cdn.oxfam.org/s3fs-public/file_attachments/mb-extreme-carbon-inequality-021215-en.pdf [21] Carol J. Adams. The Sexual Politics of Meat (2015 Edition). Bloomsbury Revelations, Page 95-107 [22] Alan Coffee. “Frankenstein and Slave Narrative: Race, Revulsion and Radical Revolution” (2023). Accessed through Alan Coffee's personal website https://alancoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/coffee_alan_-_frankenstein_and_slave_narrative__web_aug_19_.pdf [23] Lucy Whitnall. “What Makes a Chicken a Frankenchicken and How Can You Help?” (2023). The Humane League UK https://thehumaneleague.org.uk/article/what-is-a-franken-chicken