Twenty-First-Century Gothic : : An Edinburgh Companion / / Maisha Wester, Xavier Aldana Reyes.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Wester, Maisha,; Aldana Reyes, Xavier,
• MitwirkendeR: Althans, Katrin,; Ancuta, Katarzyna,; Blake, Linnie,; Crawford, Joseph,; Deckard, Sharae,; Duncan, Rebecca,; Fhlainn, Sorcha Ní,; Franck, Kaja,; George, Sam,; Ibarra, Enrique Ajuria,; Ilott, Sarah,; Leeder, Murray,; Lippe, Anya Heise-von der,; Murphy, Bernice M.,; Nally, Claire,; Owens, Andrew J.,; Reyes, Xavier Aldana,; Sederholm, Carl H.,; Spooner, Catherine,; Wester, Maisha,; Wisker, Gina,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Companions to the Gothic : ECG
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)

A transnational and transmedia companion to the post-millennial GothicCovers key areas and themes of the post-millennial Gothic as well as developments in the field and revisions of the Gothic traditionConstitutes the first thematic compendium to this area with a transmedia (literature, film and television) and transnational approachCovers 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 mythosThis 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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The Gothic in the Twenty-First Century -- Part I Updating the Tradition -- Chapter 1 Postcolonial Gothic -- Chapter 2 Queer Gothic -- Chapter 3 Postfeminist Gothic -- Chapter 4 Neoliberal Gothic -- Chapter 5 Gothic Digital Technologies -- Part II Contemporary Monsters -- Chapter 6 Contemporary Zombies -- Chapter 7 Contemporary Vampires -- Chapter 8 Contemporary Serial Killers -- Chapter 9 Contemporary Ghosts -- Chapter 10 Contemporary Werewolves -- Part III Contemporary Subgenres -- Chapter 11 The New Weird -- Chapter 12 Ecogothic -- Chapter 13 Gothic Comedy -- Chapter 14 Steampunk -- Chapter 15 Posthuman Gothic -- Part IV Ethnogothic -- Chapter 16 South African Gothic -- Chapter 17 Asian Gothic -- Chapter 18 Latin American Gothic -- Chapter 19 Aboriginal Gothic -- Chapter 20 Black Diasporic Gothic -- Notes on Contributors -- Index