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Author:   Simon Bacon ,  Katarzyna Bronk-Bacon
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2024
Weight:   0.565kg
ISBN:  

9783031438516

ISBN 10:   3031438515
Pages:   316
Publication Date:   31 January 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements.- 1. Introduction Simon Bacon and Katarzyna Bronk-Bacon.- 2. 1408 and the Structure of Haunting Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock.- 3. Toxic Nostalgia in Contemporary Gothic Horror Brandon R. Grafius.- 4. Toxic Nostalgia in the Wake of the Postmodern Turn Matthias Stephan.-  5. Deepfake Sockpuppets: The Toxic “Realities” of a Weaponised Internet — Katy Wareham-Morris.-  6. The Nostalgia of Setting, Sex and Sound in the Wicker Men Films Lauren Rosewarne.- 7. The American Dream and American Nightmare: The Toxic Pursuit of Nostalgia and Happiness Presented in Poltergeist (1982) and Poltergeist (2015) Rob Mclaughlin.- 8. “You’re Too Focused on Where You’ve Been”:Uncanny Nostalgia in Mary Poppins Returns Daniel Kasper.- 9. Pulling Our Strings: The Gothic Nostalgia of Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria J. Simpson.- 10. “I Just Wanted to Preserve It Just as It is”: Gothic Nostalgia in The Watcher Abel Fenwick.- 11. Prevention is Better Than Cure: Anachronistic Therapists and Toxic Wellness Catherine Pugh.- 12.Patriarchy Then and Now — with a Twist: The Postmodern Horror of Alex Garland’s Men M. Keith Booker and Isra Daraiseh.- 13. “But now, yeah, I’m thinking I’m back”: The All-consuming Gothic Nostalgia in the John Wick Franchise Simon Bacon.- 14. Gothic Nostalgia in Louise Welsh’s The Cutting Room and The Second Cut Martyn Colebrook.- 15. Toxic Ableism and Gothic Nostalgia in Fanfiction about Mermaids Martine Mussies.- 16. Of Greed and the Undead Past: Rahi Anil Barve’s Tumbbad as an Exercise in Toxic Nostalgia Aparajita Hazra.- 17. Soviet Nostalgia in the Vampire Trilogy A Tale of the Soviet Vampire by Aleksandr Slepakov (2014-18) Patrycja Pichnicka-Trivedi.- 18. “Oh no. Not again!”: Toxic Nostalgia and Antisemetic Recursive Memory in Ghost Stories.- Vicky Brewster.- 19. Extremist Nostalgia: Mike Ma’s Novellas as 21st Century Far-Right Gothic Helen Young.- Notes on Contributors.

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Simon Bacon is an independent scholar based in Poznań, Poland.   Katarzyna Bronk-Bacon is Assistant Professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland.

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