Dara Downey
Affiliation: Trinity College Dublin
Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Black Gothic, Canadian Gothic, Caribbean Gothic, Creole Gothic, Irish Gothic, Latin American Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Southern American Gothic, Tropical Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Zombies
Dara Downey is a precariously employed lecturer working on American Gothic, with particular interests in domesticity, space and place, material culture, labour and class, and religion.
Email: dara.p.downey@gmail.com