Overview

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.

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Author:   Justin Edwards ,  Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   8
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.294kg
ISBN:  

9781138016507

ISBN 10:   1138016500
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   14 February 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"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"

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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.

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