{"product_id":"9783031438547","title":"Gothic Nostalgia: The Uses of Toxic Memory in 21st Century Popular Culture","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGothic Nostalgia: The Uses of Toxic Memory in 21st Century Popular Culture\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eBacon, Simon; Bronk-Bacon, Katarzyna\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is an original and innovative study of how Gothic nostalgia and toxic memory\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eare used to underpin and promote the ongoing culture wars and populist politics in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003econtemporary popular culture. The essays collected here cover topics from the spectral to\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ethe ecological, deep fakes to toxic ableism, \u003ci\u003eMary Poppins \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eJohn Wick\u003c\/i\u003e to reveal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ehow the use of an imaginary past to shape the present, creates truly Gothic times that we\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ecan never escape. These ‘hungry ghosts’ from the past find resonance with the Gothic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ewhich speaks equally of a past that often not only haunts the present but will not let it\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eescape its grasp. This collection will look at the confluence between various kinds of toxic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003enostalgia and popular culture to suggest the ways in which contemporary populism has\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eresurrected ideological monsters from the grave to gorge on the present and any possibility\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eof change that the future might represent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2025-02-17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783031438547\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-031-43852-3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210.0cm x148.0cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 316.0\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45417851551884,"sku":"9783031438547","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031438547.jpg?v=1766030525","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783031438547","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}