The Gothic in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture: Pop GothJustin D. Edwards, Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet 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. |
Contents
From Gothic to Pop Goth | 1 |
Horror Ethics Excess | 19 |
Gothic Ubiquity in Post911 US Television | 37 |
3 Being Human? TwentyFirstCentury Monsters | 57 |
Carlos Ruiz Zafón and the Gothic Marketplace | 71 |
Adolescence and Recapitulation in Stephenie Meyers Twilight Series | 84 |
Batman the Gothic and Popular Culture | 96 |
7 The Monstrous House of Gaga | 114 |
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