Goth's dark empire / Carol Siegel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Siegel, Carol, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Goth culture (Subculture).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Goth's Dark Empire cultural historian Carol Siegel provides a fascinating look at Goth, a subculture among Western youth. It came to prominence with punk performers such as Marilyn Manson and was made infamous when it was linked (erroneously) to the Columbine High School murders. While the fortunes of Goth culture form a portion of this book's story, Carol Siegel is more interested in pursuing Goth as a means of resisting regimes of sexual normalcy, especially in its celebration of sadomasochism (S/

Contents:

Perils for the pure

In memoriam darkwave hippies

That obscure object of desire revisited

Boys don't cry

Heterosexualizing the femme boy

Identity hunter A.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-206) and index.

ISBN:

9786612072574

1-282-07257-9

0-253-11156-0

OCLC:

476016235