A review by aimiller
Darkly: Black History and America's Gothic Soul by Leila Taylor

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

A really interesting look at how Black people and Blackness influence American ideas about the Gothic in lots of different genres, as well as the way that Black artists in particular play with and in Goth and Gothic arts. I wanted some of this to be more in depth than it was--it felt like we got a kind of taste of things but not as much of a dive as I would have wanted personally, and some of the analysis also didn't go as deep as I wanted it to, but I think it's a very good jumping off point, especially as a person who isn't as familiar with the Gothic as other folks might be.