Get It Now Gothic: The Evolution Of A Dark Subculture Devised By Emma Baxter-Wright, Hywel Livingstone, Chris Roberts Available Through Digital Edition

interesting look at the history of the gothic subculture easy to absorb and pass some time with, The film section was a little too long for me, but I might be inspired to watch some of the movies discussed! I also enjoyed the music section: an approachable introduction to the origins of the gothic sound.
Unfortunately, I was quite disappointed by the fashion section, For me, there was too much focus on gothicinspired haute couture, The runway doesn't seem representative of a subculture that at least at one point had a DIY focus, Also, the gothic lolita mention wasn't super accurate "known as GothLoli" not so much, Plus, lolita isn't considered to be cosplayesque and as far as I'm aware cybergoth and steampunk aren't either, Overall, a good diving board for exploration future research will be necessary for areas of particular interest, This book just kept on getting better as the chapters went by, A reasonably in depth look at the roots of the gothic subculture, in architecture, art, film, fashion and of course music, lacking only a photo of the Fields of the Nephilim, it was lots of fun and gave me a longer

film list to peruse at some point.
A flashy taster into the world of Gothic from its origins as an architectural style through to modern day lookins at fashion and so on, with everything else touched upon in between.
But that's all it a taster, A good starting point, but for all things Gothic, fiction, music, subculture et al, there are better resources out there, I was expecting something more, The history, architecture and art the book explored was not as in depth as some people claim, Also, a lot of current media featured in the book is not a good metric of the subculture, I'm just saying that you don't see a lot of goths going around boasting about reading Twilight, Oddly enough, that's not what bothered me, There was an undertone, a seeming preoccupation with identity politics throwing in assertions with no citations, arbitrarily claiming certain people and acts as feminist or other popular buzztitles.
Honestly, I learned a couple of new things, Other than that, I have pretty much find everything detailed in this book through a wiki search, Nice primer on goth history with some great photos, Gothic has given me a greater understanding of the many layers of this sub culture
Art, music, architecture, fashion amp literature,
Gothic still fascinates me its everywhere,
Gothic in architecture, art, fiction, cinema, rock music amp fashion!!!
A well done overview with lots of information where to dig and to find more about 'the darkness'.
Interesting, informative This was quite good overall, and it filled a few gaps in my knowledge about gothic architecture and art etc, but I would have liked it to have been a little more filled out, It had a ton of information about the history of gothic and where the subculture started and where its roots are, but it just felt as though something was missing.
I'm not entirely sure what though, and it might just be that I knew quite a bit already, and was expecting more, I also would have been happier if there had been some kind of afterward of sorts it just ends so abruptly with no closing thoughts, Otherwise a great, fun read! Twilight Really Stephenie Meyer in the same volume with E, A. Poe and Lovecraft

MinusGothic images are very much a part of contemporary culture, not least for a style tribe with a passion for black.
Gothic has a very long history stretching over hundreds of years of aesthetic evolution, becoming a form of sensational narrative that encompasses fiction, film, television and graphic novels a genre of underground rock music and a distinctive visual aesthetic exploited in fashion, the visual arts and digital media.
Gothic has proved marvellously adaptable, and fertile ground for endless imaginative reinvention, This book provides an introduction to the wealth of Gothic phenomena, If one thing is true, it is that Gothic knows no boundaries, .