05202cam a2200541Mi 4500 ocn792684025 OCoLC 20171114102835.0 m o d cr |n|---||||| 120430s2012 nju o 000 0 eng d 9781444396447 (electronic bk.) 1444396447 (electronic bk.) GBVCP 790037505 NLGGC 38962408X DEBBG BV043394502 (OCoLC)792684025 (OCoLC)904073582 EBLCP eng pn EBLCP OCLCQ YDXCP DG1 UIU OCLCQ OCLCF OCLCQ DEBBG MAIN PN1995.9 .C84 M38 2012 791.43/653 791.43653 Mathijs, Ernest. Cult cinema : an introduction / Ernest Mathijs and Jamie Sexton. [electronic resource] Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. 1 online resource (x, 299 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Counterculture, Drugs and the "Head" Film. Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The History of Studying Cult Cinema; Definition of Cult Cinema; Structure of the Book; Part I: Receptions and Debates; Chapter 1: Cult Reception Contexts; Midnight Movies; The Difficulty of Researching Cult Cinema; Cult Cinema as Phenomenal Experience; Cult Cinema as Bad Experience; Cult Cinema as Collective Experience; Cult Cinema as Connected Experience; Cult Cinema as Surplus Experience; Conclusion: Cult as Performance?; Chapter 2: The Cult Cinema Marketplace; Production Culture. Funding and DistributionMarketing: Causing and Containing Commotion; Exhibition Culture; Piracy; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Prestige, Awards, and Festivals; Awards and Prizes; Festivals and Valuation; Niche Cults and Festivals; Conclusion; Chapter 4: Censorship and Criticism; Censorship and Controversy; Cult Connoisseurship; Surrealist Criticism; Cult Cinephilia and MacMahonism; Fan Criticism; DIY Criticism; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Fandom and Subculture; Fan Studies: Early Approaches; Visible and Performative Fans; Revising Fan Studies; Cultural Capital and Subcultures; Mainstream Cult Fans? Conclusion: Recent Trends in Cult FandomChapter 6: The Cult Auteur; The "Romantic" Cult Auteur; The Cult of the Dead Auteur; Self-conscious Cultism and Cult Salesmanship; Female Cult Auteurs; Conclusion; Chapter 7: Cult Stardom; The Cult of the Movie Star; Mainstream Cult Stars; The Cult of Death; Cult Actors; Artificiality and Individuality; Conclusion; Chapter 8: Camp and Paracinema; Camp; Paracinema; Critical Responses to Sconce; Conclusion; Chapter 9: Transgression and Freakery; Taboo; From Taboo to Cult?; Transgression; Freakery; Conclusion: Sick Films; Chapter 10: Gender and Sexuality. Masculinity, Femininity, and CultAnxieties of Cult Consumption; Non-Normative Sexuality and the Performance of Gender; Erotica and the Performance of Gender; The Performance of Gendered Reception; Hidden Strategies of Cult Enjoyment; Conclusion; Chapter 11: Transnationalism and Orientalism; Orientalism: Curiosity versus Exoticism; The Reception of Asian Cult Cinema; Networks of Exchange: Otaku; Hong Kong Cult Cinema; Anime and J-Horror; Conclusion; Chapter 12: Religion and Utopia; Discourses on Cultism and Religion; The Cult of Dionysus: Wasted Time and the Orgy; Utopianism. Midnight Movies and SatanismContemporary Performances of Religious Cultism; Conclusion; Part II: Themes and Genres; Chapter 13: Exploitation and B Movies; B Movies and Classical Exploitation; Teenpics and Youth Culture; Nasty Trash: Exploitation in the 1970s; Exploitation in the Video Era; Conclusion; Chapter 14: Underground and Avant-garde Cinema; Cult and the Avant-garde of the 1920s; The American Underground of the 1950s and 1960s; Underground Goes Overground: The Midnight Movie; The Underground Today; Chapter 15: Cult Cinema and Drugs; Cult Movies and Drug Depiction. 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 cinemaOffers a scholarly treatment of a hotly contested topic at the center of current academic debateCovers audience reactions, aesthetics, genres, theories of cult cinema, as well as historical insights into the topic. Print version record. Cult films History and criticism. Cult films. Sensationalism in motion pictures. Fine Arts. Cult films. fast (OCoLC)fst01744415 Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast (OCoLC)fst01411635 Sexton, Jamie. Print version: Mathijs, Ernest. Cult Cinema. Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, ©2012 9781405173735 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444396447 Wiley Online Library ddc BK 205857 205857