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The book is strikingly illustrated with black-and-white photographs and is highly readable: Brill has elicited some fascinating material from her interviewees, and her analysis is perceptive and witty. It should provide thought-provoking reading, not only for subcultural scholars, but also for those within the scene itself. THE A riveting account of gender and sexual politics in the Goth scene which challenges prevailing assumptions from within and outside the subculture. Paul Hodkinson, University of Surrey The focus and accessibility of Brill's text, supported with literature, compelling quotes, photographs, and in-depth descriptions of nightclub scenes, make it a particularly strong course text. R. C. Raby, CHOICE Magazine
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Goth Culture explores Goths' expressive practices of dress, fashion, style and the body, in relation to issues of identity and representation. The book shares vivid accounts of the author's experiences exploring gender and sexuality and doing fieldwork in the Gothic subculture. Through the voices of Goths from the UK, US and Germany, it draws the reader into the gender-bending and heavily gendered world of Goth. It reassesses the significance of the dress of both male and female Goths, examining these striking and often highly creative subcultural fashion displays. Using a wide range of methods and sources, from ethnography to critical examination of music, literature, social theory and different types of popular media, Goth Culture offers an original and accessible analysis of the fashion, media and counterculture of the Gothic world.
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One of the criticisms that can often be directed at sociological studies is that they can take a long while telling you in great detail what you already know. Dunja Brill's book, though, coming from the same series as Paul Hodkinson's study Goth (2002), bears no such charge. The Goth scene prides itself on an attitude of `genderlessness', proud of the fact that within its safe subcultural spaces people can express their individuality free of the constraints of the wider culture, especially in terms of sexuality and dress. Dr Brill, writing as a Goth insider, points out the limits of this in practice, describes the gap between ideal and reality, and marshals an impressive argument that the Goth scene is in fact profoundly `gendered', especially and increasingly where the possibility of making a living from it allows the mechanisms of the market to penetrate, bearing with them the sexual ideologies of the mainstream. Individuals who step beyond the subtle gender codes of Goth are rarer than one might think. I wonder whether Dr Brill considers as much as she could the privileging of beauty as a concept within Goth, but her basic thesis definitely coincides with my own observations. The book is also, for the most part, lucidly written without too much clotted academic terminology (if only all the Gothic scholars who actually have English as their first language showed the same trait), and the personal accounts of visits to clubs and interactions with individuals make it all the more engaging and convincing. Very worthwhile indeed.
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I'm still reading it due to my busy schedule but as a Goth female so many things are put into perspective. Really for both genders and it gives you an idea about some struggles within the Goth community. Good read so far.
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