Book ID: CBB332927944

Dark Scenes from Damaged Earth: The Gothic Anthropocene (2022)

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Justin D. Edwards (Author)
Rune Graulund (Author)
Johan Anders Höglund (Author)


University of Minnesota Press


Publication Date: 2022
Physical Details: 392
Language: English

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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Authors & Contributors
Langston, Nancy
Olga Smith
Kristen Wehner
Cristina Baldacci
Jennifer Scappettone
Taylor, Jesse Oak
Concepts
Climate change
Anthropocene
Environmental history
Science and society
Water resource management
Science and culture
Time Periods
21st century
Early modern
20th century
Modern
19th century
Places
Venice (Italy)
Mauritius
Great Lakes (North America)
Indian Ocean
United States
Italy
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