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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813995403321

Autore

Mathijs Ernest

Titolo

Cult cinema [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction / / Ernest Mathijs and Jamie Sexton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2011

ISBN

1-4443-9643-9

9786613692993

1-4443-9644-7

1-280-78260-9

1-4443-9642-0

Descrizione fisica

x, 299 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

SextonJamie

Disciplina

791.43/653

Soggetti

Cult films - History and criticism

Sensationalism in motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Two columns to the page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes filmography.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Receptions and debates. Cult reception contexts -- The cult cinema marketplace -- Prestige, awards, and festivals -- Censorship and criticism -- Random and subculture -- The cult auteur -- Cult stardom -- Camp and paracinema -- Transgression and freakery -- Gender and sexuality -- Transnationalism and Orientalism -- Religion and utopia -- Themes and genres. Exploitation and B movies -- Underground and avant-garde cinema -- Cult cinema and drugs -- Cult cinema and music -- Classical Hollywood cults -- Cult horror cinema -- Cult science fiction cinema -- Cult blockbusters -- Intertextuality and irony -- Meta-cult.