Cult Cinema: An Introduction

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John Wiley & Sons, Apr 25, 2011 - Performing Arts - 312 pages
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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Contents

Cult Reception Contexts
13
Prestige Awards and Festivals 36
46
Fandom and Subculture
57
The Cult Auteur
67
Cult Stardom
76
Gender and Sexuality
108
Transnationalism and Orientalism
120
Religion and Utopia
131
Themes and Genres
143
Cult Cinema and Drugs
164
Classical Hollywood Cults 184
205
Cult Blockbusters
214
Metacult
234
Filmography
243
References
253

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Ernest Mathijs,Jamie Sexton
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Ernest Mathijs,Jamie Sexton
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About the author (2011)

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.

Bibliographic information

TitleCult Cinema: An Introduction
AuthorsErnest Mathijs, Jamie Sexton
Editionillustrated
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2011
ISBN1405173742, 9781405173742
Length312 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism
Photography / Techniques / Cinematography & Videography
Social Science / Sociology / General
  
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