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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- PublishedOn
- 2013-11-01
- Title
- Defining cult movies: The Cultural Politics of Oppositional Tast
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- 9780719066313
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Manchester University Press
ISBN-10
071906631X
ISBN-13
9780719066313
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12038740629
Product Key Features
Book Title
Defining Cult Movies : the Cultural Politics of Oppositional Taste
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
Film / Genres / Horror, Film / History & Criticism
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Performing Arts
Book Series
Inside Popular Film Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
11.7 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-056221
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
791.43/653
Table Of Content
1. Introduction 2. Esper, the renunciator: teaching 'bad' movies to good students - Jeffrey Sconce 3. The masculinity of cult - Joanne Hollows 4. The cult of masculinity: from fan-boys to academic bad-boys - Jacinda Read 5. Spanish horror and the flight from 'art' cinema 1967-1973 - Andrew Willis 6. Trading in horror, cult and matricide: Peter Jackson's phenomenal bad taste and New Zealand fantasies of inter/national cinematic success - Harmony H. Wu 7. The making of a cult reputation: topicality and controversy in the critical reception of 'Shivers' - Ernest Mathijs 8. The Argento effect - Peter Hutchings 9. Sexploitation as feminine territory: the films of Doris Wishman - Moya Luckett 10. Kung Fu cult masters: stardom, performance and 'authenticity' in Hong Kong martial arts films - Leon Hunt 11. 'Sharon Stone, screen diva': stardom, femininity and cult fandom - Rebecca Feasey 12. The importance of trivia: ownership, exclusion and authority in science fiction fandom - Nathan Hunt 13. Art, exploitation, underground - Mark Betz 14. Midnight sex-horror movies and the downtown avant-garde - Joan Hawkins
Synopsis
This study stresses the sheer diversity of the films which have been brought together under the term "cult movies". It concentrates on the analysis of cult movies, how they are defined, who defines them and the cultural politics of definitions., Concentrates on the analysis of cult movies, how they are defined, who defines them and the cultural politics of these definitions. Raises issues about the perception of it as an oppositional form of cinema, and of its strained relationships to mainstream cinema and the processes of institutionalisation and classification. Claims that the history of academic film studies and that of cult movie fandom are inextricably intertwined and raises fundamental questions about both cult movies themselves, and film studies as a discipline. Updates work on cult movies at a time when cult films and TV have become a central part of contemporary culture. Ranges over the full and entertaining gamut of cult films from Dario Argento, Spanish horror and Peter Jackson's New Zealand gorefests to sexploitation, kung fu and sci fi flicks, as well investigations of Sharon Stone, 'underground' and trivia., This study stresses the sheer diversity of the films which have been brought together under the term "cult movies". Indeed, there is debate about whether films become cult movies on the basis of their modes of production, exhibition, internal textual features or through acts of appropriation by specific audiences. This collection concentrates on the analysis of cult movies, how they are defined, who defines them and the cultural politics of definitions. The definition of the cult movie relies on a sense of its distinction from the "mainstream" or "ordinary". This also raises issues about the perception of it as an oppositional form of cinema, and of its strained relationships to processes of institutionalization and classification. In other words, cult movie fandom has often presented itself as being in opposition to the academy, commercial film industries and the media more generally, but has been far more dependent on these forms than it has usually been willing to admit. For example, the history of academic film studies and that of cult movie fandom are inextricably intertwined.The international roster of essayists range of the full and entertaining gamut of cult films, from Dario Argento, Spanish horror and Peter Jackson's New Zealand gorefests to sexploitation, kung fu and sci-fi flicks, as well as investigations of Sharon Stone, "underground" and trivia. As a result, this book should be of interest to students and researchers in the fields of film, media and cultural studies, and to all those interested in this diverse and fascinating area of contemporary culture.
LC Classification Number
PN1993.5.A1
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