The evolution of Goth culture : the origins and deeds of the new Goths /

The evolution of Goth culture : the origins and deeds of the new Goths /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Spracklen, Karl, author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018. ©2018
Description:	207 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Emerald studies in alternativity and marginalization Emerald studies in alternativity and marginalization.
Subject:	Goth culture (Subculture) Goth culture (Subculture)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11706730

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Other authors / contributors:	Spracklen, Beverley, author.
ISBN:	1787146774 9781787146778
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-199) and index.
Summary:	In this book, Spracklen and Spracklen use the idea of collective memory to explore the controversies and boundary-making surrounding the genesis and progression of the modern gothic alternative culture. They suggest that the only way for goth culture to survive is if it becomes transgressive and radical again.

Table of Contents:

Academics and popular writers on Goths
Constructing a new theory of alternativity
The origin of the Goths
The early deeds of the Goths
The Sisters of Mercy: a case study
The Goths and the globalisation of popular culture
Goths as harbingers of doom, and moral panics about them
Goths as virtual identity and virtual culture online
Whitby Goth Weekend: a case study
Goth as fashion choice
The end of Goth?