The Aesthetic Apostasy

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I Genders
6. Dark Admissions 41
7. Queens of the Damned 65
8. Peri Gothous 79
9. Men in Black 89
10. Part II Performances
11. This Modern Goth (Explains Herself) 121
12. Playing Dress Up 129
13. Undead Fashion 143
14. ‘‘Goth Damage’’ and Melancholia 155
15. Part III Localities
16. ‘‘To commit suicide in Buffalo is redundant’’ 171
17. ‘‘Ah am witness to its authenticity’’ 190
18. The (Un)Australian Goth 217
19. Part IV Artifacts
20. Atrocity Exhibitions 233
21. Material Distinctions 257
22. Geek/Goth 277
23. The Authentic Dracula 293
24. Part V Communities
25. ‘‘When you kiss me, I want to die’’ 307
26. The Cure, the Community, the Contempt! 316
27. ‘‘We are all individuals, but we’ve all got the same boots on!’’ 322
28. Part VI Practices
29. That Obscure Object of Desire Revisited 335
30. God’s Own Medicine 357
31. Gothic Fetishism 375
32. The Aesthetic Apostasy 398
33. References 405
34. Contributors 425
35. Index 429