Professor of English and American Studies
Washington State University • Vancouver
Carol Siegel, professor of English and American Studies at Washington State University, Vancouver, is a co-editor of Genders and the author of Lawrence among the Women (1991), Male Masochism: Modern Revisions of the Story of Love (1995), and New Millennial Sexstyles (2000), as well as articles on literature, music cultures, and film. This essay is adapted from her work-in-progress on Goth youth culture after Columbine, Decline of the Dark Empire: A Counter-Culture Demonization Case Book.