Dark scenes from damaged earth : the gothic Anthropocene /
What can the Gothic teach us about our current geological era? More than just spooky, moonlit castles and morbid graveyards, the Gothic represents a vibrant, emergent perspective on the Anthropocene. In this volume, more than a dozen scholars move beyond longstanding perspectives on the Anthropocene...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
[2022].
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| Summary: | What can the Gothic teach us about our current geological era? More than just spooky, moonlit castles and morbid graveyards, the Gothic represents a vibrant, emergent perspective on the Anthropocene. In this volume, more than a dozen scholars move beyond longstanding perspectives on the Anthropocene, such as science fiction and apocalyptic narratives, to show that the Gothic offers a unique (and dark) interpretation of events like climate change, diminished ecosystems and mass extinction. Embracing pop cultural phenomena like True Detective, Jaws and Twin Peaks, as well as topics from the New Weird and prehistoric shark fiction to ruin porn and the "monstroscene," Dark Scenes from Damaged Earth demonstrates the continuing vitality of the Gothic while opening important new paths of inquiry. These essays map a genealogy of the Gothic while providing fresh perspectives on the ongoing climate chaos, the North/South divide, issues of racialization, dark ecology, questions surrounding environmental justice and much more. |
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| Physical Description: | xxvi, 346 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781517911225 1517911222 9781517911232 1517911230 |