The American imperial gothic : popular culture, empire, violence /
Höglund, Johan Anders.
The American imperial gothic : popular culture, empire, violence / Johan Höglund, Linnaeus University, Sweden. - xi, 211 pages ; 24 cm - The cultural politics of media and popular culture .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-198) and index.
Introduction : the American imperial gothic -- Imperial frontier gothic -- The gothic of benevolent assimilation -- Cold war horror -- Post-vietnam gothic -- 11 September 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.
9781409449546 (hardback : alk. paper)
2013034137
American literature--History and criticism.
Imperialism in literature.
War in literature.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre)
Popular culture.
United States--Foreign relations--21st century.
PS169.I45 / H64 2014
810.9/358
The American imperial gothic : popular culture, empire, violence / Johan Höglund, Linnaeus University, Sweden. - xi, 211 pages ; 24 cm - The cultural politics of media and popular culture .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-198) and index.
Introduction : the American imperial gothic -- Imperial frontier gothic -- The gothic of benevolent assimilation -- Cold war horror -- Post-vietnam gothic -- 11 September 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.
9781409449546 (hardback : alk. paper)
2013034137
American literature--History and criticism.
Imperialism in literature.
War in literature.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre)
Popular culture.
United States--Foreign relations--21st century.
PS169.I45 / H64 2014
810.9/358