Toxic Nostalgia on Screen: Undead Memory in the Twenty-First Century (Lexington Books Horror Studies)

Bacon, Simon (Editor)/ Ahlemeyer, Sophie Aimée (Contributor)/ Bacon, Simon (Contributor)/ Boylan, Andrew M (Contributor)/ Conlan, John (Contributor)

ISBN 10: 1666935603 / ISBN 13: 9781666935608

Published by Lexington Books, 2024

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305 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Toxic Nostalgia on Screen: Undead Memory in the Twenty-First Century (Lexington Books Horror Studies)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1666935603
• ISBN 13: 9781666935608
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

Toxic nostalgia is not a new phenomenon, and instances of an undying past refusing to perish and plaguing the present, can be found throughout history. However, examined in Toxic Nostalgia on Screen, in the early years of the new millennium, it has acquired further meaning and not just applies to a dangerous longing for the past, but a way of being in the present world. Here in our modern time, undead memory is not just a remembrance of the past that is visited upon the present with negative implications, but the embodiment of monstrous imagined histories and ideologies that dictate the way we live today so that tomorrow is not the future, but a never-ending return to the past.

About the Author

Simon Bacon is an independent scholar working in Poland. He has previously edited works such as Gothic: A Reader, Horror: A Companion and Monsters: A Companion. Previous monographs include Becoming Vampire, Dracula as Absolute Other, Eco-Vampires, Vampires From Another World, and Unhallowed Ground.