Latin American Gothic: Literature and Film

Harvard FAS

The Gothic has become an inescapable and proliferating presence in contemporary culture. The global expansion of the term, its rather astonishing plasticity, has led experts to distinguish between categories such as Urban Gothic, Rural Gothic, Eco Gothic, War Gothic, Southern Gothic, and Tropical Gothic, among many others. Despite the world-wide nature of the phenomenon, however, the Latin American Gothic tradition still awaits further consideration. When did it make its first appearance and…