South Asian Gothic: Haunted cultures, histories and media

This book explores South Asian Gothic production as a common cultural landscape, considering historical and media diversity. It consists of fifteen chapters by experts in film, literature, and cultural studies, examining Gothic aesthetics, narratives, and signification in contemporary South Asian cultures. The volume investigates South Asian Gothic as a local variety of international Gothic and a part of the transnational category of global Gothic, contributing to the de-westernization of Gothic methodologies and ensuring relevance in the culturally-diverse modern world.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 288 pages
\n Publication date: 15 November 2021
\n Publisher: University of Wales Press
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This groundbreaking book is a pioneering exploration of South Asian Gothic production, treating it as a shared cultural landscape that encompasses both historical perspectives and the diverse range of media texts. Comprising fifteen insightful chapters authored by esteemed experts in film, literature, and cultural studies of South Asia, the volume showcases the rich diversity of the region and the manifold ways in which Gothic manifests in contemporary South Asian cultures. Gothic in South Asia can be interpreted as a distinct aesthetic, narrative practice, or symbolic process, where traditional Gothic tropes and imagery are reevaluated in light of global influences and incorporated, appropriated, translated, transformed, or resisted. Through its comprehensive investigation, the volume positions South Asian Gothic as a localized variant of international Gothic and as a vital component of the transnational realm of global Gothic. This scholarly endeavor contributes to the ongoing debate about the necessity of de-westernizing Gothic methodologies and ensuring the relevance of Gothic scholarship in the culturally diverse modern world.

\n Weight: 490g\n
Dimension: 223 x 145 x 24 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781786838001\n \n