Goth's Dark Empire Paperback - 2005

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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.

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In an epilogue to his history of Gothic rock and roll music and cultures, The Dark Reign of Gothic Rock, Dave Thompson speculates that because the 1990s second wave of Goth began in America, it has been characterized by a harsh, infuriated seriousness that the original movement lacked (242).

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Title Goth's Dark Empire
Author Carol Siegel
Binding Paperback
Pages 224
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Indiana University Press
Publication date 2005-08-04
Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
ISBN 9780253217769 / 0253217768
Weight 0.73 lbs (0.33 kg)
Dimensions 9.26 x 6.26 x 0.5 in (23.52 x 15.90 x 1.27 cm)
Age range 18 to UP years
Grade levels 13 - UP
Category Archaeology / Anthropology
Library of Congress subjects Goth culture (Subculture)
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2004029641
Dewey Decimal Code 306.1

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Carol Siegel, Professor of English and American Studies at Washington State University, Vancouver, is author of Male Masochism: Modern Revisions of the Story of Love (IUP, 1995); New Millennial Sexstyles (IUP, 2000); and Lawrence Among the Women: Wavering Boundaries in Women's Literary Tradition.

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Paperback / softback. New. Looks 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 to the Columbine High School murders. This book reveals the sources of its darkness, and shows that Goth as a response to the modern world has not disappeared but only escaped underground.