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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Malden, Mass. : John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2011.Description: x, 299 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/653 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.C84 M38 2011eb
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Contents:
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.
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Includes filmography.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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