Gothic Music: The Sounds of the Uncanny Contributor(s): Van Elferen, Isabella (Author) |
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ISBN: 0708325122 ISBN-13: 9780708325124 Publisher: University of Wales Press OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Music - Literary Criticism | Gothic & Romance |
Dewey: 809.387 |
Series: Gothic Literary Studies |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.63 lbs) 229 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Gothic Music traces the sound of the Gothic from the eerie echoing footsteps that haunt gothic novels to the dark soundscapes that give contemporary goth nightclubs their dark atmosphere. This broad perspective enables Isabella van Elferen to widen the scope of gothic music--which includes bands such as Christian Death, Bauhaus, The Damned, and The Sisters of Mercy--from its roots in the contemporary goth subculture to manifestations in mainstream literature, film, television, and video games, while also offering a musical and theoretical definition of gothic music that is lacking in current scholarship. Bringing together versions of the Gothic in all media, van Elferen connects those to the subculture--a historical and theoretical connection that has not been made previously in gothicist or goth scholarship. Whether giving voice to the spectral beings of early cinema, announcing virtual terrors in video games, or intensifying goth's nocturnal rituals, gothic music truly represents the sounds of the uncanny. |
Contributor Bio(s): Van Elferen, Isabella: - Isabella van Elferen is assistant professor of music and new media in the Department of Media and Culture Studies, Utrecht University. |