| Title | : | The Gothic in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture: Pop Goth (Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature) |
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| ISBN | : | 0415806763 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780415806763 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 202 |
| Publication | : | First published March 7, 2012 |
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.
The Gothic in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture: Pop Goth (Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature) Reviews
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“Alexandra Warwick suggests we crave Gothick because we have not been annihilated enough, and that Gothic popularity speaks to a desire for trauma, for the cachet and wholeness that the traumatized victim signifies within a trauma-oriented culture” (17).
