{"product_id":"darkly-leila-taylor-9781912248544","title":"Darkly: Black History and America's Gothic Soul","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fascinating journey into the dark heart of the American gothic that analyzes its connections to race and racism in 21st-century America\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Haunted houses, bitter revenants and muffled heartbeats under floorboards--the American gothic is a macabre tale based on a true story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Part memoir and part cultural critique, \u003ci\u003eDarkly\u003c\/i\u003e explores American culture's inevitable gothicity in the traces left from chattel slavery. The persistence of white supremacy and the ubiquity of Black death feeds a national culture of terror and a perpetual undercurrent of mourning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e If the gothic narrative is metabolized fear, if the goth aesthetic is\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leila Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1912248549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912248544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Repeater\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/13\/2019 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/03\/2020","brand":"Leila Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049568366847,"sku":"9781912248544","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b03d3693-c794-446e-9881-051776890bac.jpg?v=1685002256","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/darkly-leila-taylor-9781912248544","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}