The Gothic in an Age of Terror(ism)
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: WelI, I suppose I see a diferent worlil than you do.And the truth ß that what I see frightens me.I'm frightened because our enemies are no longer known to us-They do not exist on a. maP.They're not nations.They are individuab.Look øround you.Who do you fear?Can you see a face?A uniform?A fløg? No.Our world is not more transparent now.It's more oPaque.It's in the shadows.That's where we must do battle.So, before you declare us irrelevant, ask yourselves how safe do you feel?This speech, made by M to a govemment committee n Skyfall (2012, Dir Sam Mendez), maps out some of the salient features of a Gothicised post-9/i I cultural landscape.It evokes a world shaped by the experience and fear of terror(ism): a violence that is always unexpected though constantly awaited.In this world, fear- firlness and uncertainty are the dominant emotions while darkness, shadow and opacity define the aesthetic and symbolic frames.The militarised response that Studies, theory and representation of race' film'
Source: Gothic Studies
DOI: 10.7227/gs.17.2.1
Institutions: Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, University of Lausanne
Language: English
Subfield: Cultural Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2768876819