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