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Emerald Studies in Alternativity and Marginalization Ser.: Evolution of Goth Culture : The Origins and Deeds of the New Goths by Beverley Spracklen and Karl Spracklen (2018, Hardcover)

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Who the old Goths were, their origins and their deeds, was a product of history, historiography and myth-making.

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PublisherEmerald Publishing The Limited

ISBN-101787146774

ISBN-139781787146778

eBay Product ID (ePID)22038492393

Product Key Features

Number of Pages216 Pages

Publication NameEvolution of Goth Culture : the Origins and Deeds of the New Goths

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

SubjectSociology / General, Genres & Styles / General, Popular Culture

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaMusic, Social Science

AuthorBeverley Spracklen, Karl Spracklen

SeriesEmerald Studies in Alternativity and Marginalization Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight15.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2017-279108

ReviewsThe Germanic people who interacted with the Roman Empire are not the Spracklens' topic, but a sub-genre label for a number of bands in the post-punk movement in Britain at the beginning of the 1980s. They trace how it has evolved and expanded to become a globalized cultural practice associated with being alternative and transgressive. Their topics include constructing a new theory of alternativity, The Sisters of Mercy: a case study, Goth as harbingers of doom and moral panics about them, and Goth as fashion choice.

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal306/.1

Table Of Content1. An Introduction 2. Academics and Popular Writers on Goths 3. Constructing a New Theory of Alternativity 4. The Origin of the Goths 5. The Early Deeds of the Goths 6. The Sisters of Mercy: A Case Study 7. The Goths and the Globalisation of Popular Culture 8. Goths as Harbingers of Doom, and Moral Panics about Them 9. Goth as Virtual Identity and Virtual Culture On-line 10. Whitby Goth Weekend: A Case Study 11. Goth as Fashion Choice 12. The End of Goth? 13. Conclusion

SynopsisIn this book, Spracklen and Spracklen use the idea of collective memory to explore the controversies and boundary-making surrounding the genesis and progression of the modern gothic alternative culture. They suggest that the only way for goth culture to survive is if it becomes transgressive and radical again., The origins and deeds of the old Goths were constructed by Roman historians in fear of the Goth as a barbarian outsider; at the same time, the Goths were themselves the heroic subject of their own histories, constructed by their supporters as stories of their mythical origin and the deeds that led them to be rulers of their own kingdoms in post-Roman Late Antiquity. Who the old Goths were, their origins and their deeds, was a product of history, historiography and myth-making. In this book, Spracklen and Spracklen use the idea of collective memory to explore the controversies and boundary-making surrounding the genesis and progression of the modern gothic alternative culture. Spracklen and Spracklen argue that goth as sub-culture in the eighties was initially counter cultural, political and driven by a musical identity that emerged from punk. However, as goth music globalised and became another form of pop and rock music, goth in the nineties retreated into an alternative sub-culture based primarily on style and a sense of transgression and profanity. By this century goth became the focus of teenage rebellions, moral panics and growing commodification of counter-cultural resistance, so that by the goth has effectively become another fashion choice in the late-modern hyper-real shopping malls, devoid generally of resistance and politics. Goth, like punk, is in danger of being co-opted altogether by capitalism. This book suggests that the only way for goth culture to survive is if it becomes transgressive and radical again.

LC Classification NumberHM(1)-1281