num_pages: 330
description: A guidebook to the language of the most shadowy of subcultures this work collects and defines more than 550 Gothic words and phrases. Compiled by an acclaimed Goth journalist and poet this compendium provides insight into the unique vernacular of this fascinating community describing in detail and with black humor the fashion music and lifestyle as well as sharing insider slang such as Baby Bat Corp Goth and the Gothic Two-Step. A Goth Band Family Tree and essential Goth listening reading and viewing recommendations are also included in this phantasmagorical work.
language: English
title: Encyclopedia Gothica: A Novel
publisher: ECW Press