Gothic Afterlives: Reincarnations of Horror in Film and Popular Media

Gothic Afterlives explores the intersection of contemporary Gothic horror and remakes scholarship, showcasing innovative perspectives from various fields. The research covers a wide range of examples, including literature, film, television, video games, and digital media remakes, and emphasizes the cultural and conceptual impact of Gothic horror on transmedia production. The chapters challenge societal norms, subvert cultural and social certainties, and explore the boundaries between human and inhuman, self and Other, and good and evil. The collection highlights the implications of adapting Gothic horror narratives to different contexts and platforms, focusing on contemporary sociocultural experiences and identities.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 246 pages
Publication date: 14 July 2021
Publisher: Lexington Books

Gothic Afterlives delves into the intricate interplay between contemporary Gothic horror and remakes scholarship, uniting cutting-edge perspectives from diverse fields of study. This comprehensive research compilation encompasses a wide array of examples, spanning literature, film, television, video games, and digital media remakes. By focusing on reimagining and remaking, Gothic Afterlives underscores the profound cultural and conceptual influence of Gothic horror on transmedia production. While the chapters in this collection exhibit diverse content and approaches, they all revolve around two central themes: firstly, they challenge prevailing cultural and social norms by subverting notions such as the body, technology, consumption, human nature, digitalization, scientific experimentation, national identity, memory, and gender. Secondly, and perhaps most significantly, all chapters collectively explore the consequences of adapting and remaking well-known Gothic horror narratives in different contexts, highlighting the implications of the mode-shifting registers, platforms, and chronologies involved in the process. As a collective work, Gothic Afterlives zooms in on contemporary sociocultural experiences and identities as they manifest in contemporary popular culture and the narratives crafted and reimagined in the twenty-first century.

Weight: 376g
Dimension: 218 x 153 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781498578240