Tropical Gothic: Literary and Creative Works

The eTropic special issue on the theme Tropical Gothic was first conceived in 2017. From the beginning there was a sense of how the theme had a certain resonance. By 2018, the term had appeared as a hashtag in social media for new music album entitled Tropical Gothic. These resonances are importan...

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Main Authors: Anita Lundberg, Roger Osborne, Katarzyna Ancuta, Agnieszka Stasiewicz-Bieńkowska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: James Cook University 2019-10-01
Series:eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics
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Online Access:https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3701
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spelling doaj-b78d63be9cfb4d88b2ef7857b2d516062021-09-16T01:43:44ZengJames Cook UniversityeTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics1448-29402019-10-01182Tropical Gothic: Literary and Creative WorksAnita Lundberg0Roger Osborne1Katarzyna Ancuta2Agnieszka Stasiewicz-Bieńkowska3Associate Professor Arts & Social Sciences, James Cook University, Australia; Fellow, The Cairns Institute, AustraliaJames Cook UniversityFaculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, BangkokJagiellonian University, Krakow The eTropic special issue on the theme Tropical Gothic was first conceived in 2017. From the beginning there was a sense of how the theme had a certain resonance. By 2018, the term had appeared as a hashtag in social media for new music album entitled Tropical Gothic. These resonances are important as they reveal the build up of an idea at a particular time. This paper follows a rhizomatic path as it traces Tropical Gothic through the creative works of a music album, its cover art, and further to other influences including film and literature. These literary and creative works likewise resonate with the papers brought together in this second issue on the theme Tropical Gothic.  https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3701Tropical GothicLiteratureCreative WorksMusicFilmCover Art
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author Anita Lundberg
Roger Osborne
Katarzyna Ancuta
Agnieszka Stasiewicz-Bieńkowska
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Roger Osborne
Katarzyna Ancuta
Agnieszka Stasiewicz-Bieńkowska
Tropical Gothic: Literary and Creative Works
eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics
Tropical Gothic
Literature
Creative Works
Music
Film
Cover Art
author_facet Anita Lundberg
Roger Osborne
Katarzyna Ancuta
Agnieszka Stasiewicz-Bieńkowska
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title Tropical Gothic: Literary and Creative Works
title_short Tropical Gothic: Literary and Creative Works
title_full Tropical Gothic: Literary and Creative Works
title_fullStr Tropical Gothic: Literary and Creative Works
title_full_unstemmed Tropical Gothic: Literary and Creative Works
title_sort tropical gothic: literary and creative works
publisher James Cook University
series eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics
issn 1448-2940
publishDate 2019-10-01
description The eTropic special issue on the theme Tropical Gothic was first conceived in 2017. From the beginning there was a sense of how the theme had a certain resonance. By 2018, the term had appeared as a hashtag in social media for new music album entitled Tropical Gothic. These resonances are important as they reveal the build up of an idea at a particular time. This paper follows a rhizomatic path as it traces Tropical Gothic through the creative works of a music album, its cover art, and further to other influences including film and literature. These literary and creative works likewise resonate with the papers brought together in this second issue on the theme Tropical Gothic. 
topic Tropical Gothic
Literature
Creative Works
Music
Film
Cover Art
url https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3701
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