eBook - PDF
The Gothic in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture
Pop Goth
- 202 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
The Gothic in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture
Pop Goth
About this book
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.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, you can cancel anytime from the Subscription tab in your account settings on the Perlego website. Your subscription will stay active until the end of your current billing period. Learn how to cancel your subscription.
At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.
Perlego offers two plans: Essential and Complete
- Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
- Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes! You can use the Perlego app on both iOS or Android devices to read anytime, anywhere — even offline. Perfect for commutes or when you’re on the go.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Yes, you can access The Gothic in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture by Justin Edwards, Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & Gothic, Romance, & Horror Literary Criticism. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
Information
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: From Goth/ic to Pop Goth
- 1 Love Your Zombie: Horror, Ethics, Excess
- 2 Vampires, Mad Scientists and the Unquiet Dead: Gothic Ubiquity in Post-9/11 US Television
- 3 Being Human? Twenty-First-Century Monsters
- 4 Gothic, Grabbit and Run: Carlos Ruiz Zafón and the Gothic Marketplace
- 5 Bella's Promises: Adolescence and (Re)capitulation in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series
- 6 "I'll Be Whatever Gotham Needs Me to Be": Batman, the Gothic and Popular Culture
- 7 The Monstrous House of Gaga
- 8 Spectral Liturgy: Transgression, Ritual and Music in Gothic
- 9 Under Their Own Steam: Magic, Science and Steampunk
- 10 "'Boo!' to Taboo": Gothic Performance at British Festivals
- 11 "Forget Nu Rave, We're into Nu Grave!": Styling Gothic in the Twenty-First Century
- Contributors
- Index