Gothic Nostalgia

The Uses of Toxic Memory in 21st Century Popular Culture

AvSimon Bacon,Katarzyna Bronk-Bacon

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

This book is an original and innovative study of how Gothic nostalgia and toxic memoryare used to underpin and promote the ongoing culture wars and populist politics incontemporary popular culture.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-01-31
Mått:148 x 210 x 23 mm
Vikt:548 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Gothic
Antal sidor:316
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031438516

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Historia: teori och metod inom Historia och arkeologi
Scenkonst och film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Simon Bacon is an independent scholar based in Poznań, Poland. Katarzyna Bronk-Bacon is Assistant Professor at Adam Mickiewicz University inPoznan, Poland.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements.- 1. Introduction Simon Bacon and Katarzyna Bronk-Bacon.- 2. 1408 and the Structure of Haunting Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock.- 3. Toxic Nostalgia in Contemporary Gothic Horror Brandon R. Grafius.- 4. Toxic Nostalgia in the Wake of the Postmodern Turn Matthias Stephan.- 5. Deepfake Sockpuppets: The Toxic “Realities” of a Weaponised Internet — Katy Wareham-Morris.- 6. The Nostalgia of Setting, Sex and Sound in the Wicker Men Films Lauren Rosewarne.- 7. The American Dream and American Nightmare: The Toxic Pursuit of Nostalgia and Happiness Presented in Poltergeist (1982) and Poltergeist (2015) Rob Mclaughlin.- 8. “You’re Too Focused on Where You’ve Been”:Uncanny Nostalgia in Mary Poppins Returns Daniel Kasper.- 9. Pulling Our Strings: The Gothic Nostalgia of Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria J. Simpson.- 10. “I Just Wanted to Preserve It Just as It is”: Gothic Nostalgia in The Watcher Abel Fenwick.- 11. Prevention is Better Than Cure: Anachronistic Therapists and Toxic Wellness Catherine Pugh.- 12.Patriarchy Then and Now — with a Twist: The Postmodern Horror of Alex Garland’s Men M. Keith Booker and Isra Daraiseh.- 13. “But now, yeah, I’m thinking I’m back”: The All-consuming Gothic Nostalgia in the John Wick Franchise Simon Bacon.- 14. Gothic Nostalgia in Louise Welsh’s The Cutting Room and The Second Cut Martyn Colebrook.- 15. Toxic Ableism and Gothic Nostalgia in Fanfiction about Mermaids Martine Mussies.- 16. Of Greed and the Undead Past: Rahi Anil Barve’s Tumbbad as an Exercise in Toxic Nostalgia Aparajita Hazra.- 17. Soviet Nostalgia in the Vampire Trilogy A Tale of the Soviet Vampire by Aleksandr Slepakov (2014-18) Patrycja Pichnicka-Trivedi.- 18. “Oh no. Not again!”: Toxic Nostalgia and Antisemetic Recursive Memory in Ghost Stories.- Vicky Brewster.- 19. Extremist Nostalgia: Mike Ma’s Novellas as 21st Century Far-Right Gothic Helen Young.- Notes on Contributors.