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The American imperial gothic : popular culture, empire, violence / Johan Höglund.

Van Pelt Library PS169.I45 H64 2014
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Höglund, Johan Anders, author.
Series:
Cultural politics of media and popular culture
The cultural politics of media and popular culture
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
American literature--History and criticism.
American literature.
Imperialism in literature.
War in literature.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre).
Popular culture.
United States--Foreign relations--21st century.
United States.
International relations.
Physical Description:
xi, 211 pages ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate Publishing, [2014]
Contents:
Introduction : the American imperial gothic
Imperial frontier gothic
The gothic of benevolent assimilation
Cold war horror
Post-vietnam gothic
September 11 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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781409449546
1409449548
1409449556
9781409449553
1472406478
9781472406477
OCLC:
858610693

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