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

Author/creator Mathijs, Ernest
Other author Sexton, Jamie.
Format Book
Publication InfoChichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Descriptionx, 299 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction -- Receptions and debates. Cult reception contexts -- The cult cinema marketplace -- Prestige, awards, and festivals -- Censorship and criticism -- Fandom 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes filmography.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010051053
ISBN9781405173742 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN1405173742 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN9781405173735 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1405173734 (pbk. : alk. paper)