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This Interdisciplinary Collection Brings Together World Leaders In Gothic Studies, Offering Dynamic New Readings On Popular Gothic Cultural Productions From The Last Decade. Topics Covered Include, But Are Not Limited To: Contemporary High Street Goth/ic Fashion, Gothic Performance And Art Festivals, Gothic Popular Fiction From Twilight To Shadow Of The Wind, Goth/ic Popular Music, Goth/ic On Tv And Film, New Trends Like Steampunk, Well-known Icons Batman And Lady Gaga, And Theorizations Of Popular Gothic Monsters (from Zombies And Vampires To Werewolves And Ghosts) In An Age Of Terror/ism.--publisher's Website. Love Your Zombie: Horror, Ethics And Excess / Fred Botting; Vampires, Mad Scientists, And The Unquiet Dead: Gothic Ubiquity In Post-9/11 Us Television / Linnie Blake; Being Human?: Twenty-first Century Monsters / Monica Germanà; Gothic, Grabbit, And Run: Carlos Ruiz Zafón And The Gothic Marketplace / Glennis Byron; Bella's Promises: Adolescence And (re)capitulation In Stephenie Moyer's Twilight Series / Rachael Mclennan; 'i'll Be Whatever Gotham Needs Me To Be' -- Batman, The Gothic And Popular Culture / Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet; The Monstrous House Of Gaga / Karen Macfarlane; Spectral Liturgy: Transgression, Ritual And Music In Gothic / Isabella Van Elferen; Under Their Own Steam: Magic, Science And Steampunk / Gail Ashurst And Anna Powell; 'boo!' To Taboo: Gothic Performance At British Festivals / Emma Mcenvoy; 'forget Nu Rave, We're Into Nu Grave!': Styling Gothic In The 21st Century / Catherine Spooner. Edited By Justin D. Edwards And Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.