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We speak with Emma to uncover the insights gleaned from her PhD study, which surveyed thousands of goths across dozens of countries! We’ll explore the relationship of death to goth identity, what truly makes goth fashion unique, debate the role the internet has played in the development of goth culture and more.
Read her article here (Page 74):
aeternumjournal.com/volume-10
Check out her research website:
isgothjustaphase.com
If you enjoy the show and want to hear this months exclusive bonus episode, head over to Patreon!
patreon.com/cemeteryconfessions
Intro 00:00
Origin story 3:15
Study Results and Methodology 7:00
Role of Death and the Past in Goth 27:15
Resistance to the "mainstream" 42:23
Goth Fashion Through Plenitude 49:20
Semiotics and Appropriation 1:02:18
Socio-Aesthetic 1:14:45
The Internet 1:19:00
Aging in Goth 1:31:30
Post Show Musings 1:55:30
References:
-Goldfields Gothic: Festival of Dark Ideas
facebook.com/goldfieldsgothic
-Black Funerals in the US -Radical Death Studies
youtu.be/J1-bBCTBm2w?si=MsJ9Jr_dCRdD3KFc
-Radical Death Studies
radicaldeathstudies.com
-Cyborg Manifesto
sfu.ca/~decaste/OISE/page2/files/HarawayCyborg.pdf
-Theories of Social Change
youtu.be/0Q28shuWIpw?si=Pm235shS7UG7hx9m
-Asking the Gothic Questions
youtube.com/live/cgoPQ_ar4Fw?si=XnFc6337-LiIKvJm
-Postmodernism’s Epistemological Legacies
cairn.info/revue-internationale-de-philosophie-2010-1-page-101.htm
-Plenitude
google.com/books/edition/Plenitude/sl-RAAAACAAJ?hl=en
-Musicking and Communitas
researchgate.net/publication/248917925_Musicking_and_Communitas_The_Aesthetic_Mode_of_Sociality_in_Rebetika_Subculture
-Paulo de Jesus
scholar.google.com/citations?user=ssVv8CkAAAAJ
-The Gothic and the Everyday
link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137406644
-Socioaesthetics
brill.com/edcollbook/title/23550
We speak with Emma to uncover the insights gleaned from her PhD study, which surveyed thousands of goths across dozens of countries! We’ll explore the relationship of death to goth identity, what truly makes goth fashion unique, debate the role the internet has played in the development of goth culture and more.
Read her article here (Page 74):
aeternumjournal.com/volume-10
Check out her research website:
isgothjustaphase.com
If you enjoy the show and want to hear this months exclusive bonus episode, head over to Patreon!
patreon.com/cemeteryconfessions
Intro 00:00
Origin story 3:15
Study Results and Methodology 7:00
Role of Death and the Past in Goth 27:15
Resistance to the "mainstream" 42:23
Goth Fashion Through Plenitude 49:20
Semiotics and Appropriation 1:02:18
Socio-Aesthetic 1:14:45
The Internet 1:19:00
Aging in Goth 1:31:30
Post Show Musings 1:55:30
References:
-Goldfields Gothic: Festival of Dark Ideas
facebook.com/goldfieldsgothic
-Black Funerals in the US -Radical Death Studies
youtu.be/J1-bBCTBm2w?si=MsJ9Jr_dCRdD3KFc
-Radical Death Studies
radicaldeathstudies.com
-Cyborg Manifesto
sfu.ca/~decaste/OISE/page2/files/HarawayCyborg.pdf
-Theories of Social Change
youtu.be/0Q28shuWIpw?si=Pm235shS7UG7hx9m
-Asking the Gothic Questions
youtube.com/live/cgoPQ_ar4Fw?si=XnFc6337-LiIKvJm
-Postmodernism’s Epistemological Legacies
cairn.info/revue-internationale-de-philosophie-2010-1-page-101.htm
-Plenitude
google.com/books/edition/Plenitude/sl-RAAAACAAJ?hl=en
-Musicking and Communitas
researchgate.net/publication/248917925_Musicking_and_Communitas_The_Aesthetic_Mode_of_Sociality_in_Rebetika_Subculture
-Paulo de Jesus
scholar.google.com/citations?user=ssVv8CkAAAAJ
-The Gothic and the Everyday
link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137406644
-Socioaesthetics
brill.com/edcollbook/title/23550
