'Tropical Gothic' special issue eTropic journal

Anita Lundberg Announcement
Location
Singapore
Subject Fields
Anthropology, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Cultural History / Studies, Humanities, Popular Culture Studies

 

CALL FOR PAPERS special issue ‘Tropical Gothic’

Submission Deadline: 30 December 2018

‘TROPICAL GOTHIC’

‘The Gothic’ is undergoing a resurgence in academic and popular cultures. Propelled by fears produced by globalization, the neoliberal order, networked technologies, post-truth and environmental uncertainty – tropes of ‘the gothic’ resonate. The gothic allows us to delve into the unknown. It calls up unspoken truths and secret desires.

Across the tropics, the gothic manifests in specific ways according to spaces and places, and in relation to cultures and their encounters, crossings and interminglings.

Gothic studies that provide particularly interesting arenas of analysis include: culture, ritual, mythology, film, architecture, literature, fashion, art, landscapes, places, nature, spaces, histories and spectral cities. ‘Tropical Gothic’ may include subgenres such as: imperial gothic, orientalism in gothic literature, colonial and postcolonial gothic. In contemporary society neoliberal connections with the tropics and gothic may be investigated. In popular culture, tropical aspects of gothic film, cybergoth, gothic-steampunk, gothic sci-fi, goth graphic novels, and gothic music may be explored.

The eTropic ‘Tropical Gothic’ special issue will be published in two parts: one on arts and social sciences; the other on literature and creative works. Publication is in 2019.

Contact Information

eTropic journal disseminates new research from Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and allied fields on the variety and interrelatedness of nature, culture and society in tropical regions. eTropic publishes two double-blind peer reviewed issues per year. It is indexed in Scopus, Ulrich's and DOAJ.

Contact Email
etropic@jcu.edu.au