051: The Rise of Happy Gothic

This month we are doing things a bit differently, and will be
reviewing the book Post-Millennial Gothic: Comedy, Romance,
and the Rise of Happy Gothic by Catherine Spooner. We will be
discussing the impact Tim Burton, sparkly vampires, the
creepy cute, Columbine, political discourse, Jillian Venters,
and others have had on the cultural milieu of goth and the
consumption of the Gothic in mainstream media.


Our guests this month are Natalie and Trae!


More Recommended books from this
author:
Contemporary Gothic
Fashioning Gothic Bodies




Chapter 1: 7:00
-Thesis, Introduction, methodology overview
-Goth as a middle class culture of consumption


Chapter 2: 53:15
-Tim Burton and his reshaping of modern Gothic


Chapter3: 57:42
-The increased reliance of the visual in goth
-The politicization of goth through Columbine and Sophie
Lancaster


Chapter 4: 1:22:44
Premise 1: In the post millennial era, vampires have
sought to become the institution rather than the
subversion, to become as human or amiable towards humans
as possible rather than be the Other


Premise 2: Goths and vampires have shared a historically
propinquitous relationship, often informing or
appropriating one another


Conclusion: As vampires have grown more polite and
reinforced the “happy gothic” so too have goths sought to
remake their image in a similar fashion


Chapter 5: 1:37:37
-The modern goth girl and the "whimsical macabre"


Chapter 6: 1:47:05
-Camp and it's influence on goth and the assimilative
monster


Chapter 7: 2:02:06
-Goth/Gothic masculinities and humerus monsters


Chapter 8: 2:19:36
-Whitby Gothic Weekend and the Gothic-carnivalesque


Conclusions 2:30:25