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
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Introduction |
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Part I Receptions and Debates |
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1 Cult Reception Contexts |
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2 The Cult Cinema Marketplace |
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3 Prestige, Awards, and Festivals |
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4 Censorship and Criticism |
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9 Transgression and Freakery |
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11 Transnationalism and Orientalism |
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Part II Themes and Genres |
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13 Exploitation and B Movies |
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14 Underground and Avant-garde Cinema |
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164 | (8) |
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17 Classical Hollywood Cults |
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194 | (11) |
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19 Cult Science Fiction Cinema |
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21 Intertextuality and Irony |
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| Filmography |
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| References |
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| Credits and Sources |
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| Index |
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Ernest Mathijs is Associate Professor in Film Studies at the University of British Columbia, Canada. His books include The Cult Film Reader (co-editor), three books on the reception of The Lord of the Rings, and The Cinema of David Cronenberg: From Baron of Blood to Cultural Hero. Jamie Sexton is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, Northumbria University, UK. He is the author of Alternative Film Culture in Inter-War Britain (2008), editor of Music, Sound and Multimedia: From the Live to the Virtual (2007), and co-editor (with Laura Mulvey) of Experimental British Television (2007). Ernest Mathijs and Jamie Sexton are also co-editors of the book series Cultographies.
