The American Imperial Gothic: Popular Culture, Empire, Violence
Ashgate, 2014) The debate about popular culture and its influence on violence in America has longcharacterised the country as a social and political landscape where class, race, and gender identities are highly divisive. The American Imperial Gothic then charts the development of the US as a global...
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Published in | The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies no. 14; p. 100 |
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Format | Book Review |
Language | English |
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Dublin
Irish Journal of Gothic & Horror Studies
01.07.2015
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | Ashgate, 2014) The debate about popular culture and its influence on violence in America has longcharacterised the country as a social and political landscape where class, race, and gender identities are highly divisive. The American Imperial Gothic then charts the development of the US as a global power from the eighteenth century and the pages of Charles Brockden Brown's novel Edgar Huntly (1799) to the Cold War and most recently, the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. [...]this chapter reminds us that complex cultural performances permit us to become detached from our actions, to live outside the consequences of our ideologies. |
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ISSN: | 2009-0374 |