The Gothic in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture

Pop Goth
Herausgeber: Edwards, Justin; Soltysik Monnet, Agnieszka

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Produktbeschreibung

This interdisciplinary collection brings together world leaders in Gothic Studies, offering dynamic new readings on popular Gothic cultural productions from the last decade. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: contemporary High Street Goth/ic fashion, Gothic performance and art festivals, Gothic popular fiction from Twilight to Shadow of the Wind, Goth/ic popular music, Goth/ic on TV and film, new trends like Steampunk, well-known icons Batman and Lady Gaga, and theorizations of popular Gothic monsters (from zombies and vampires to werewolves and ghosts) in an age of terror/ism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 320g
• ISBN-13: 9781138016507
• ISBN-10: 1138016500
• Artikelnr.: 40052927

Autorenporträt

Justin D Edwards is Professor of English at the University of Surrey. Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet is Professor of American Literature at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland.

Inhaltsangabe

Selected Contents: Introduction: From Goth/ic to Pop Goth Justin D Edwards
and Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet 1. Love Your Zombie: Horror, Ethics, Excess
Fred Botting 2. Vampires, Mad Scientists and the Unquiet Dead: Gothic
Ubiquity in Post 9/11 US Television Linnie Blake 3. Being Human?:
Twenty-First Century Monsters Monica Germanà 4. Gothic, Grabbit and Run:
Carlos Ruiz Zafón and the Gothic Marketplace Glennis Byron 5. Bella's
Promises: Adolescence and (Re)capitulation in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight
Series Rachael McLennan 6. 'I'll be whatever Gotham needs me to be':
Batman, the Gothic, and Popular Culture Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet 7. The
Monstrous House of Gaga Karen Macfarlane 8. Spectral Liturgy:
Transgression, Ritual and Music in Gothic Isabella van Elferen 9. Under
their Own Steam: Magic, Science, and Steampunk Gail Ashurst and Anna Powell
10. "'Boo!' to taboo": Circus and Fairground Gothic at British Festivals
Emma McEvoy 11. 'Forget Nu Rave, We're Into Nu Grave!': Styling Gothic in
the Twenty-First Century Catherine Spooner