Old Dominion University ODU Digital Commons English Theses & Dissertations English Fall 12-2020 Holy Stitches Batman, or, Performative Villainy in Gothic/am A. Luxx Mishou Old Dominion University,
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[email protected]. HOLY STITCHES, BATMAN, OR, PERFORMATIVE VILLAINY IN GOTHIC/AM by A. Luxx Mishou B.A. May 2005, Washington College M.A. December 2007, University of Maryland College Park A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Old Dominion University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY ENGLISH OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY December 2020 Approved by: Manuela Mourão (Director) Edward Jacobs (Member) Avi Santo (Member) ABSTRACT HOLY STITCHES, BATMAN, OR, PERFORMATIVE VILLAINY IN GOTHIC/AM A. Luxx Mishou Old Dominion University, 2020 Director: Dr. Manuela Mourão Holy Stitches, Batman, or, Performative Villainy in Gothic/am is an interdisciplinary examination of gothic affect and deviant fashion in the narrative construction of villainy. It asks not just what a villain looks like, but what it means to look like a villain.