Twenty-First-Century Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion

Maisha Wester; Xavier Aldana Reyes

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2019

Twenty-First-Century Gothic

An Edinburgh Companion

Maisha Wester and Xavier Aldana Reyes

In the series Edinburgh Companions to the Gothic

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474440943

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A transnational and transmedia companion to the post-millennial Gothic

Covers key areas and themes of the post-millennial Gothic as well as developments in the field and revisions of the Gothic tradition
Constitutes the first thematic compendium to this area with a transmedia (literature, film and television) and transnational approach
Covers a plurality of texts, from novels such as Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight (2005), Helen Oyeyemi’s White Is for Witching (2009), Justin Cronin’s The Passage (2010) and M.R. Carey’s The Girl with All the Gifts (2014), to films such as Kairo (2001), Juan of the Dead (2012) and The Darkside (2013), to series such as Dante’s Cove (2005–7), Hemlock Grove (2013–15), Penny Dreadful (2014–16), Black Mirror (2011–) and even the Slenderman mythos

This resource in contemporary Gothic literature, film and television takes a thematic approach, providing insights into the many forms the Gothic has taken in the twenty-first century. The 20 newly commissioned chapters cover emerging and expanding research areas, such as digital technologies, queer identity, the New Weird and postfeminism. They also discuss contemporary Gothic monsters – including zombies, vampires and werewolves – and highlight Ethnogothic forms such as Asian and Black Diasporic Gothic.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: The Gothic in the Twenty-First Century Maisha Wester and Xavier Aldana Reyes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I Updating the Tradition
Chapter 1 Postcolonial Gothic Sarah Ilott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Chapter 2 Queer Gothic Andrew J. Owens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Chapter 3 Postfeminist Gothic Gina Wisker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Chapter 4 Neoliberal Gothic Linnie Blake Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
Chapter 5 Gothic Digital Technologies Joseph Crawford Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
Part II Contemporary Monsters
Chapter 6 Contemporary Zombies Xavier Aldana Reyes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Chapter 7 Contemporary Vampires Sorcha Ní Fhlainn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
Chapter 8 Contemporary Serial Killers Bernice M. Murphy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
Chapter 9 Contemporary Ghosts Murray Leeder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Chapter 10 Contemporary Werewolves Kaja Franck and Sam George Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
Part III Contemporary Subgenres
Chapter 11 The New Weird Carl H. Sederholm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Chapter 12 Ecogothic Sharae Deckard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
Chapter 13 Gothic Comedy Catherine Spooner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Chapter 14 Steampunk Claire Nally Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Chapter 15 Posthuman Gothic Anya Heise-von der Lippe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218
Part IV Ethnogothic
Chapter 16 South African Gothic Rebecca Duncan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Chapter 17 Asian Gothic Katarzyna Ancuta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Chapter 18 Latin American Gothic Enrique Ajuria Ibarra Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Chapter 19 Aboriginal Gothic Katrin Althans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	276
Chapter 20 Black Diasporic Gothic Maisha Wester Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	304
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 336
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: March 24, 2022
ISBN: 9781474440943