The goth Bible: A Compendium for the Darkly Inclined by Nancy Kilpatrick

Main page

Editions

The goth Bible: A Compendium for the Darkly Inclined

by Nancy Kilpatrick

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Conversations
88	2	70,178	(4)	None

Add to your library

Add to wishlist

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

blackblackboots, RayneC.Bailey, Vonstrawd, LadySavant2006, rrobbins, Froglet, Winter_Maiden, merinette, Foxdaughter, Moquerie

numbers

show all

▾Tags

absinthe (2) art (1) cemeteries (2) counterculture (2) cultural studies (3) culture (3) dark (1) encyclopedia (1) fashion (5) ghosts (1) goth (23) goth culture (1) gothic (7) Goths (1) history (2) horror (3) internet (1) movies (1) music (6) non-fiction (11) occult (1) philosophy (2) pop culture (5) society (1) sociology (2) spooky (1) subculture (1) Victorian (1) website (1) werewolves (1)

▾Will you like it?

won't like will probably not like will probably like will like will love

▾Member reviews

date ▼ | votes

Showing 2 of 2

I originally bought this book as a sot of text book to use in a high school paper on sub-cultures. Being a self-proclaimed goth (one of maybe 3 in the area at the time) I figured it should be something I should own anyway. After reading the book I learned a lot of the resons behind certain goth cultural activities/dress/view-points. It helped a lot in explaining that goths are not satanists, evil, and not (always) suicidal. I reccomend it for anyone interested in goth culture, who's child/sibling is a goth, or who is a goth themselves. (

)

hemlockclock | Mar 13, 2009 |

Very interesting concept of multiple insiders voicing their views. The book allows outsiders or newcomers to the goth movement to understand the importance of individuality in the goth scene by exposing the multiple different points of view. Nancy Kilpatrick keeps her objectivity and does not write in a way that would give priority to her own ideas. (

)

roulette.russe | Aug 19, 2007 |

date ▼ | votes

Showing 2 of 2

▾Published reviews

no reviews | add a review

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Series (with order)

Canonical Title

Original publication date

People/Characters

Important places

Important events

Related movies

Awards and honors

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (2006)

Epigraph

Dedication

First words

Quotations

Last words

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English (5)

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

▾Book descriptions

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0312306962, Paperback)

What you don't know about goths could fill a book!

An artistic culture that revels in the Victorian romantic movement, The goth Bible brings to light the traditions and history of all that is goth. The goth culture has been one of the most controversial and maligned in media history. Presented as homicidal, suicidal and socio-pathic, in the national consciousness goths are coupled with everyone from Marilyn Mason to the murderers of Columbine. But this is not who the goths are. The goth Bible will help bridge the understanding between goths and non-goths.

From their historical origins as a Germanic tribe in the sixth century who fought along side the Romans against the Huns to their current incarnation as creatures of the night, The goth Bible presents the most complete and broad perspective of this society, culled from hundreds of interviews with bands, artist, designers, and goths from all walks of life.

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:00 -0400)

▾Open Shelves Classification

The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details.