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Author:   Catherine Tebaldi (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) ,  Alistair Plum (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) ,  Christoph Purschke (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN:  

9781350467873

ISBN 10:   1350467871
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   18 September 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  

Table of Contents

List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Acknowledgements 1. Introduction, Catherine Tebaldi (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) Part I: Narrative 2. There is (Not) Intelligent Life Outside Earth: A Semiotic Approach to Conspiracy Theories, Douglas Firmino dos Santos and Lucas Felipe de Oliveira Santiago (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 3. From Epistemic to Hermetic Paranoia: Conspiracy Cinema and Its Digital Legacy, Johannes Pause (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) 4. Populist Experts and Alt-Expertise: On the Expertise and Meta-Expertise of the Anti-Vaccine Movement, James Slotta (UT Austin, USA) 5. “Side Effects Include:” COVID Conspiracy Theory and Narrative Resonance on 4chan’s /pol/, Dillon Ludemann (University of South Carolina, USA) Part II: Power 6. Anti-Feminist Conspiracy Theories, Megan Kelly (University of Basel, Switzerland) and Alex DiBranco (Yale University, USA) 7. Moral Panic, Transphobia, and Cultural Marxism, Kat Fuller and Quinnehtukqut McLamore (University of Nevada, USA) 8. A ‘victory for white life’: Intertextuality and Mainstreaming of Far-Right Conspiracy Theories in Abortion Discourse, Kristen Fleckenstein (Carolina Coastal University, USA) 9. ‘FOR HUMANITY – FIGHT – LEARN’: Building and Exercising a Suitable History in QAnon, Harrison Pates (King's College London, UK) 10. Anti-Intellectualism and the Conspiracy Theory of Cultural Marxism, Joan Braune (Gonzaga University, USA) Part III: Circulation 11. Recontextualized Knowledge and Narrative Coalitions on Telegram, Tom Willaert (Brussels School of Governance, Belgium) 12. All the World’s a Story? Contemporary Narrative Analysis and Conspiracy: A View from Brazil, Naomi Orton (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 13. Gender Based Health Disinformation Narratives: A Social Media Analysis of the HPV Vaccine Case in Italy, Lorella Viola (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) Index

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This collection offers a welcome addition to the field of conspiracy theory studies. By concentrating on how reactionary forces perform marginality in their appropriation of this genre, the chapters usefully highlight how conspiracy theory today more often consolidates than challenges reactionary power formations. * Clare Birchall, Professor of Contemporary Culture, King’s College London, UK * If the label of “conspiracy theorist” is supposed to signal disapproval, how does this work when it is transfigured into an affirmative medium of political belonging? Anyone wanting a thoughtful answer should read this book. Avowedly interdisciplinary in scope, it is attuned to questions that would bewilder many political scientists. * Sean Phelan, Associate Professor, Massey University, New Zealand * Not misinformation but misrecognized genre, conspiracy is the performance of doubt that enforces order. These essays reveal how power works through form—by shaping what can be said, and what is excluded. Genre is where authority hides in plain sight. Conspiracy, the genre that wins by sounding like resistance. * Marc Tuters, Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam * Conspiracy as Genre is a timely collection exploring conspiracy narratives as powerful performances of power rather than marginal truths. Tebaldi Plum and Purschke compellingly show how conspiracy discourses recast reactionary ideologies as authentic offering crucial insights into contemporary dynamics of digital culture political rhetoric and the manipulation of social power. * Mie Hiramoto, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore *

This collection offers a welcome addition to the field of conspiracy theory studies. By concentrating on how reactionary forces perform marginality in their appropriation of this genre, the chapters usefully highlight how conspiracy theory today more often consolidates than challenges reactionary power formations. * Clare Birchall, Professor of Contemporary Culture, King’s College London, UK *

Author Information

Catherine Tebaldi is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Digital and Linguistic Anthropology at the Culture and Computation Lab at the University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Alistair Plum is Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational Linguistics at the Culture and Computation Lab at the University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Christoph Purschke is Head of the Culture and Computation Lab and Professor in Computational Linguistics at the University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

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