{"product_id":"globalgothic-9781526106902","title":"Globalgothic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The dead travel fast and, in our contemporary globalised world, so too does the gothic.’ Examining how gothic has been globalised and globalisation made gothic, this collection of essays explores an emerging globalgothic that is simultaneously a continuation of the western tradition and a wholesale transformation of that tradition which expands the horizons of the gothic in diverse new and exciting ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlobalgothic contains essays from some of the leading scholars in gothic studies as well as offering insights from new scholars in the field. The contributors consider a wide range of different media, including literary texts, film, dance, music, cyberculture, computer games, and graphic novels.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book will be essential reading for all students and academics interested in the gothic, in international literature, cinema, and cyberspace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction - Glennis Byron\u003cbr\u003e1. Theorising globalgothic - Fred Botting and Justin D. Edwards\u003cbr\u003e2. Butoh: The dance of global darkness - Steven Bruhm\u003cbr\u003e3. Maori tales of the unexpected: The New Zealand television series Mataku as Indigenous gothic - Ian Conrich\u003cbr\u003e4. 'She saw a soucouyant': Locating the globalgothic - Justin D. Edwards\u003cbr\u003e5. Globalgothic at the top of the world: Michel Faber's 'The Fahrenheit Twins' - Sue Zlosnik\u003cbr\u003e6. Online vampire communities: Towards a globalised notion of vampire identity - Aspasia Stephanou\u003cbr\u003e7. Globalgoth? Unlocatedness in the musical home - Isabella van Elferen\u003cbr\u003e8. Uncanny games: Michael Haneke's \u003ci\u003eFunny Games\u003c\/i\u003e and globalisation's new uncanny - Barry Murnane\u003cbr\u003e9. Pan-Asian gothic - Colette Balmain\u003cbr\u003e10. Cannibal culture: serving the people in Fruit Chan's \u003ci\u003eDumplings\u003c\/i\u003e - Glennis Byron\u003cbr\u003e11. Ghost skins: Globalising the supernatural in contemporary Thai horror film. - Katarzyna Ancuta\u003cbr\u003e12. From \u003ci\u003eSleepy Hollow\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eSilent Hill\u003c\/i\u003e: American gothic to globalgothic - James Campbell\u003cbr\u003e13. The \u003ci\u003eDark Knight\u003c\/i\u003e: Fear, the law and liquid modernity - Avril Horner\u003cbr\u003e14. Globalzombie: From \u003ci\u003eWhite Zombie\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eWorld War Z\u003c\/i\u003e - Fred Botting\u003cbr\u003e15. Globalgothic: Unburying Japanese figurality - Charles Shiro Inouye\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359582912855,"sku":"9781526106902","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526106902.jpg?v=1754125083","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/globalgothic-9781526106902","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}