Neoliberal gothic

Linnie Blake is Head of the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies, Pathway Leader for the MA English: Gothic Studies and Principal Lecturer in Film at Manchester Metropolitan UniversityAgnieszka Soltysik Monnet is Professor of American Literature at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland

A comprehensive study of how different Gothic forms have adapted, engaged with and represented the neoliberal agenda across the globe.

Introduction: neoliberal gothic - Linnie Blake and Agnieszka Soltysik MonnetPart I: Neoliberal gothic monsters1. Game of fangs: the vampire and neoliberal subjectivity - Aspasia Stephanou2. Austerity bites: refiguring Dracula in a neoliberal age - Stephanie Genz3. Staging spectrality: capitalising (on) ghosts in German postdramatic theatre - Barry MurnanePart II: Biotechnologies, neoliberalism and the gothic4. The return of the dismembered: representing organ trafficking in Asian cinemas - Katarzyna Ancuta5. Catastrophic events and queer northern villages: zombie pharmacology In the Flesh - Linnie Blake6. Gothic vulnerability: affect and ethics in fiction from neoliberal South Africa - Rebecca DuncanPart III: The gothic home and neoliberalism7. Market value: American Horror Story's housing crisis - Karen E. Macfarlane8. Haunted by the ghost: from global economics to domestic anxiety in contemporary art practice - Tracy FaheyPart IV: Crossing borders9. Gothic meltdown: German nuclear cinema in neoliberal times - Steffen Hantke10. Border gothic: Gregory Nava's Bordertown and the dark side of NAFTA - Agnieszka Soltysik MonnetIndex