ISBN:
1409449548
,
9781409449546
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 211 S.
Series Statement:
The cultural politics of media and popular culture
DDC:
810.9/358
Keywords:
American literature History and criticism
;
Imperialism in literature
;
War in literature
;
Gothic fiction (Literary genre)
;
Popular culture
;
United States Foreign relations 21st century
;
USA
;
Gothic novel
;
Pop-Kultur
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction : the American imperial gothicImperial frontier gothic -- The gothic of benevolent assimilation -- Cold war horror -- Post-vietnam gothic -- September 11 and the gothic war on terror -- Afghanistan, Iraq and the new frontiers of the imperial gothic -- Militarising the virtual gothic -- Tales of torture and invasion -- The imperial gothic of the post-apocalypse -- Conclusion.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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