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Goth`s Dark Empire

Autor Carol Siegel
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 aug 2005
In Goth’s Dark Empire cultural historian Carol Siegel provides a fascinating look at Goth, a subculture among Western youth. It came to prominence with punk performers such as Marilyn Manson and was made infamous when it was linked (erroneously) to the Columbine High School murders. While the fortunes of Goth culture form a portion of this book’s story, Carol Siegel is more interested in pursuing Goth as a means of resisting regimes of sexual normalcy, especially in its celebration of sadomasochism (S/M). The world of Goth can appear wide-ranging: from films such as Edward Scissorhands and The Crow to popular fiction such as Anne Rice’s “vampire” novels to rock bands such as Nine Inch Nails. But for Siegel, Goth appears as a mode of being sexually undead — and loving it. What was Goth and what happened to it? In this book, Siegel tracks Goth down, reveals the sources of its darkness, and shows that Goth as a response to the modern world has not disappeared but only escaped underground.Carol Siegel, Professor of English and American Studies at Washington State University, Vancouver, is the author of Male Masochism: Modern Revisions of the story of Love and New Millennial Sexstyles (both by Indiana University Press) and Lawrence Among the Women: Wavering Boundaries in Women's Literary Traditions, as well as various articles on Modernist and Victorian literature, gender theory, film, and rock music. She is co-author of the journals Genders and Rhizomes.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253217769
ISBN-10: 0253217768
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 156 x 233 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.33 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press

Recenzii

Siegel (English and American studies, Washington State Univ., Vancouver) counters the dearth of research into goth and the hostility of post--Columbine representations with a sympathetic, compelling examination of goth subculture as premised on gender fluidity, with sadomasochistic practices as 'radical technologies of resistance.' This argument is strongly informed by French theorists Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, presupposing some familiarity with their arguments. To this end, goth is a revolutionary mode of becoming in the face of alienating culture. Methodologically, Siegel draws loosely from many online discussions with goths, but more so on portrayals of goth through music, novels, and cinema, including Boys Don't Cry and The Matrix. For example, Siegel examines Poppy Z. Brite's novels to foreground the male hero as a masochist challenging the gender binary by 'queering' masculinity. Siegel also challenges perceptions of goth racism with attention to Asian American youths involved in goth. This book is sometimes difficult to follow. Chapter one opens with gender and sexuality in goth--related music and closes with a critique of abstinence--only education. Linkages between such elements depend on careful readers; such readers will be rewarded with a provocative analysis of the challenge and resistance goth desire represents within 'America's culture of denial.' Summing Up: Recommended. Upper--division undergraduates and above.R. C. Raby, Brock University, 2006jul CHOICE--R. C. Raby, Brock University, 2006jul CHOICE

Notă biografică

Carol Siegel

Cuprins

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Perils for the Pure: Goth Cultures and Abstinence Programs
2. In Memoriam Darkwave Hippies: Angela Carter through a Goth Lens
3. That Obscure Object of Desire Revisited: Poppy Z. Brite and the Goth Hero as Masochist
4. Boys Don't Cry: Brandon Teena's Stories
5. Heterosexualizing the Femme Boy: From Tea and Sympathy to Crime and Punishment in Suburbia
6. Identity Hunter A: Asian American Goths and New Masculinities
Conclusion: Goth's Come Undone
Appendix: A Discography of Goth Rock Artists, by Don Anderson
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Descriere

A journey in search of Goth culture in America