Consuming Gothic

Dr Lorna Piatti-Farnell is Director of the Popular Culture Research Centre at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. She is the President and Founder of the Gothic Association of New Zealand and Australia. She is the author of several books, including The Vampire in Contemporary Popular Literature (2014), and has published widely in the intersecting disciplines of Gothic studies, food studies, popular media, and cultural history.

“[The title] would be particularly interesting for those working at the intersection of food studies, popular media, and critical theory. … For those interested in updates to classic horror tropes, the anthology provides smart and contemporary takes on zombies and vampires.” (KC Lynch, The Journal of the Fantastic in the Art, Vol. 30 (2), 2020)

• 1. Approaching Food and Horror.- 2. Horror Matters: Abominable Substances and the Revulsions of Orality.- 3. Consuming Hunger: Body Narratives and the Controversies of Incorporation.- 4. A Taste for Butchery: Slaughterhouse Narratives and the Consumable Body.- 5. Feeding Nightmares: Madness, Hauntings, and the Kitchen of Horrors .- 6. A Bitter Feast: Dining Tables in their Horror Contexts.- 7. Conclusion: Consuming Gothic and Its Discontents.