{"product_id":"darkly-black-history-and-americas-gothic-soul-9781912248544","title":"Darkly: Black History and America's Gothic Soul","description":"\u003cb\u003eLeila Taylor takes us into the dark heart of the American gothic, analysing the ways it relates to race in America in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaunted houses, bitter revenants and muffled heartbeats under floorboards -- the American gothic is a macabre tale based on a true story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart memoir and part cultural critique, Darkly: The Black American Gothic explores American culture's inevitable gothicity in the traces left from chattel slavery. The persistence of white supremacy and the ubiquity of Black death feeds a national culture of terror and a perpetual undercurrent of mourning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf the gothic narrative is metabolized fear, if the goth aesthetic is romanticized melancholy, what does that look and sound like in Black America?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Repeater\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912248544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/13\/2019 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Leila Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36670439850140,"sku":"9781912248544","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_57983f1e-d80e-4680-b41d-8959afb651fc.jpg?v=1603922669","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/darkly-black-history-and-americas-gothic-soul-9781912248544","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}