Supernatural cities: placing urban identities, memory and cultural crises.

Abstract

This special issue builds upon a body of scholarship already developed from the Supernatural Cities project led by Karl Bell at the University of Portsmouth and his edited collection of essays, Supernatural Cities: Enchantment, Anxiety and Spectrality, published in 2019. The articles and creative pieces in this issue present and examine a series of case studies of material and fictional cities, exploring the symbiotic relationship between the supernatural and the city. The aim of the issue is threefold: first, to identify how the supernatural becomes entangled in a city’s identity, its storytelling, and its materiality; second, to showcase examples of how a city is consumed, toured and/or performed as a supernatural space; third, to explore how and why supernatural cities are constructed in response to social and cultural trauma.

Citation

IRONSIDE, R. and EDWARDS-BOON, A. (eds.) 2024. Supernatural cities: placing urban identities, memory and cultural crises. Revenant [online], 11. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/revenant-11

• Journal Article Type: Editorial
• Acceptance Date: Sep 1, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Sep 30, 2024
• Publication Date: Sep 30, 2024
• Deposit Date: Oct 1, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 2, 2024
• Journal: Revenant
• Electronic ISSN: 2397-8791
• Publisher: Ruth Heholt
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 11
• Keywords: Supernatural; Paranormal; Cities; Urban culture; Place making
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2509052
• Publisher URL: https://www.revenantjournal.com/issues/supernatural-cities-placing-urban-identities-memory-and-cultural-crises-edited-by-rachael-ironside-and-alicia-edwards-boon/