Cult cinema : an introduction / / Ernest Mathijs and Jamie Sexton

• Autore: Mathijs Ernest
• Pubblicazione: Malden, Mass., : John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2011
• Descrizione fisica: x, 299 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 791.43/653
• Soggetto topico: Cult films - History and criticism; Sensationalism in motion pictures
• Altri autori: SextonJamie
• Note generali: Two columns to the page.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Includes filmography.
• 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Cult Cinema: an Introduction presents the first in-depth academic examination of all aspects of the field of cult cinema, including audiences, genres, and theoretical perspectives. * Represents the first exhaustive introduction to cult cinema * Offers a scholarly treatment of a hotly contested topic at the center of current academic debate * Covers audience reactions, aesthetics, genres, theories of cult cinema, as well as historical insights into the topic
• Titolo autorizzato: Cult cinema
• ISBN: 9786613692993; 9781444396430; 1444396439; 9781444396447; 1444396447; 9781280782602; 1280782609; 9781444396423; 1444396420
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910954493403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II