Tropical Gothic in Literature and Culture (Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature)
Language: English
Published by Taylor & Francis Group; Routledge, New York, 2016
Series: Book 57 of 149 - Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
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A collection of critical essays edited by Justin D. Edwards and Sandra Guardini T. Vasconcelos on the Gothic in the tropical "South" of the Americas. The editors' introduction, "Tropicalizing Gothic," argues that the North Atlantic Gothic, once carried to new ground, is taken over and changed to suit local social and political conditions. The essays are arranged geographically from north to south. They cover national traditions such as those of Mexico, Costa Rica and Brazil, regional forms in the U.S. South and the Caribbean, and the movement of Gothic forms across borders. Throughout, the contributors connect the mode to colonial conquest and slavery. The first section, "Tropical Undead," treats zombie narratives and digital games, as well as nineteenth-century New Orleans as a Gothic center. Later chapters include a study of Mexican Gothic dystopia.
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- Title
- Tropical Gothic in Literature and Culture (Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature)
- Author
- Justin D. Edwards; Sandra Guardini T. Vasconcelos
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group; Routledge, New York
- Publication year
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1138915866
- ISBN 13
- 9781138915862
- Item weight
- 2.1 pounds
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 14.0 x 4.0 inches
- Series
- Book 57 of 149: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
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- Literary Criticism, Literature
Tropical Gothic examines Gothic within a specific geographical area of ‘the South’ of the Americas. In so doing, we structure the book around geographical coordinates (from North to South) and move between various national traditions of the gothic (Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, etc) alongside regional manifestations of the Gothic (the US south and the Caribbean) as well as transnational movements of the Gothic within the Americas. The reflections on national traditions of the Gothic in this volume add to the critical body of literature on specific languages or particular nations, such as Scottish Gothic, American Gothic, Canadian Gothic, German Gothic, Kiwi Gothic, etc. This is significant because, while the Southern Gothic in the US has been thoroughly explored, there is a gap in the critical literature about the Gothic in the larger context of region of ‘the South’ in the Americas. This volume does not pretend to be a comprehensive examination of tropical Gothic in the Americas; rather, it pinpoints a variety of locations where this form of the Gothic emerges. In so doing, the transnational interventions of the Gothic in this book read the flows of Gothic forms across borders and geographical regions to tease out the complexities of Gothic cultural production within cultural and linguistic translations. Tropical Gothic includes, but is by no means limited to, a reflection on a region where European colonial powers fought intensively against indigenous populations and against each other for control of land and resources. In other cases, the vast populations of African slaves were transported, endowing these regions with a cultural inheritance that all the nations involved are still trying to comprehend. The volume reflects on how these histories influence the Gothic in this region.
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About the Author
Justin D. Edwards is Professor of English at the University of Surrey, UK.
Sandra Guardini T. Vasconcelos is Professor of English Literature and Comparative Literature at the University of São Paulo, Brazil.
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