Author: Alex de Borba
Alex de Borba
Bogotá, Colombia
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Apocalyptic and the Gothic Aftermath Through Victorian Times
Victorian culture is often lampooned for its obstinate, reckless progressivism, its racist insistence on the benignity of Western culture, but…
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Witchcraft’s Origins in Shamanism, Wiccan, and the Cults
First, we must look at the true origins of witchcraft, those hidden in the mists of time. This is a…
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Introduction to the Pleasures of Horror and the Joy of Misery
This article investigates the allure of narrative genres, such as horror, that have historically been viewed as philosophically problematic owing…
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Settling Australian and New Zealand Horror Movies on the Map
This Australasian horror editorial is an important step forward in putting Australian and New Zealand horror movies on the map…
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The Study of Art Historiography as an Academic Discipline
This month’s editorial shares some light on our expansion as an Open Access medium, giving some insights regarding the recent…
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The Rise of Obscene Public Anatomy in Victorian London
Dr Joseph Kahn’s Anatomical and Pathological Museum was the nineteenth-century’s best-known and most visited public museum of anatomy.
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Festival Rock al Parque Confirms Deicide’s Irreligious Presence
Festival Rock al Parque confirms Deicide as one of the opening extreme metal acts and one of the most radical…
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Understanding Gothic Studies, Genre, and Academic Subculture
Gothic studies, the specialist academic field that explores the Gothic text, has developed substantially over the last twenty-five years.
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The Bubonic Plague and Other Natural Catastrophes
The decade of the 540s formed one of the major caesuras of Roman history. How should we assess the setbacks…
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An Aesthetic Religion of Shadows and the Cult of the Dark
The belief system that holds the core of the dark weltanschauung can be summarized in a few fundamental ideas about…
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Gothic: New Directions in Media and Popular Culture
In a field of study as well-established as the Gothic, it is surprising how much contention there is over precisely…
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The Will to Understand Witchcraft and Magic in This Era
The origins of magic were already being debated in antiquity, and histories of the witch trials appeared in Europe before…
