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 inThe Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies no. 14; p. 100
Main Author Butler, Kristy
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Dublin Irish Journal of Gothic & Horror Studies 01.07.2015
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Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Bush, George W
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)
Rowlandson, Mary White (ca 1635-ca 1678)
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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.
ISSN:2009-0374