Dark Scenes from Damaged Earth
The Gothic Anthropocene
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19933422 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Justin Edwards (0000-0003-1487-9207), Justin D Edwards, R Graulund (0000-0003-3587-6961), Johan Höglund (0000-0003-3293-6324) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Dark Scenes from Damaged Earth (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of Minnesota Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5749/9781452968315 |
| OpenAlex | W4280610534 |
| ISBN | 9781452968315 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
What can the Gothic teach us about our current geological era? More than just spooky, moonlit castles and morbid graveyards, the Gothic represents a vibrant, emergent perspective on the Anthropocene. In this volume, more than a dozen scholars move beyond longstanding perspectives on the Anthropoceneâ such as science fiction and apocalyptic narrativesâ to show that the Gothic offers a unique (and dark) interpretation of events like climate change, diminished ecosystems, and mass extinction. Embracing pop cultural phenomena like *True Detective*, *Jaws*, and *Twin Peaks*, as well as topics from the New Weird and prehistoric shark fiction to ruin porn and the â monstroscene,â *Dark Scenes from Damaged Earth* demonstrates the continuing vitality of the Gothic while opening important new paths of inquiry. These essays map a genealogy of the Gothic while providing fresh perspectives on the ongoing climate chaos, the North/South divide, issues of racialization, dark ecology, questions surrounding environmental justice, and much more
Astrobiology · Astronomy · Physics · Crime and Detective Fiction Studies · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Geology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |