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Goth Chic: A Connoisseur's Guide to Dark Culture
Whoo-hoo! I picked up a copy of Gavin Baddeley's Goth Chic book at the comic convention. He interviewed me for it years ago in like 1999, but somehow I never got a copy and hadn't seen what he wrote. He said very nice stuff about Blue Blood, GothicSluts.com, and BarelyEvil.com.
This is what the site has to say about the book per the publisher's info:
The joy of teenagers and the bane of parents and educators, Goth culture has carved deep inroads in mainstream American culture over the past 15 years. Primarily associated with music (particularly groups like The Cure, Nick Cave, and Nine Inch Nails), Goth also encompasses fashion, art, fetish clubs, horror comics, and vampire cults. This lavishly illustrated book looks at Goth from both a pop and subculture perspective. Each chapter deals with a different artistic or cultural phenomenon — such as literature, photography, trash Goth, and the femme fatale — followed by an essay on specific aspects of the Goth aesthetic. The author’s wide knowledge of the history of “the dark side” and his keen eye for cultural trends make for a peerless primer of a prevalent but little understood of cultural phenomenon.
Sending out a big digital kiss to Gavin Baddeley and telling you all to check out Goth Chic. Blue Blood is thanked especially in the author's notes too. Happy Amelia :D
