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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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