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In Goth's Dark Empire cultural historian Carol Siegel provides a fascinating look at Goth, a subculture among Western youth. It came to prominence with punk performers such as Marilyn Manson and was made infamous when it was linked (erroneously) to the Columbine High School murders. While the fortunes of Goth culture form a portion of this book's story, Carol Siegel is more interested in pursuing Goth as a means of resisting regimes of sexual normalcy, especially in its celebration of sadomasochism (S/M)

Cultural historian Carol Siegel provides a fascinating look at Goth, a subculture among Western youth. While the fortunes of Goth culture form a portion of this book's story, Siegel is more interested in pursuing Goth as a means of resisting regimes of sexual normalcy, especially in its celebration of sadomasochism. For Siegel, Goth appears as a mode of being sexually undead--and loving it. The author tracks down Goth, reveals the source of its darkness, and shows that Goth as a response to the modern world has not disappeared but only escaped underground.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- Part I Genders -- Dark Admissions -- Queens of the Damned -- Peri Gothous -- Men in Black -- Part II Performances -- This Modern Goth (Explains Herself) -- Playing Dress Up -- Undead Fashion -- ''Goth Damage'' and Melancholia -- Part III Localities -- ''To commit suicide in Buffalo is redundant'' -- ''Ah am witness to its authenticity'' -- The (Un)Australian Goth -- Part IV Artifacts -- Atrocity Exhibitions -- Material Distinctions -- Geek/Goth -- The Authentic Dracula -- Part V Communities -- ''When you kiss me, I want to die'' -- The Cure, the Community, the Contempt! -- ''We are all individuals, but we've all got the same boots on!'' -- Part VI Practices -- That Obscure Object of Desire Revisited -- God's Own Medicine -- Gothic Fetishism -- The Aesthetic Apostasy -- References -- Contributors -- Index