Trash or Treasure (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
286
Utgivningsdatum
2012-06-30
Förlag
Manchester University Press
Medarbetare
Jancovich, Mark (series ed.)/Schaefer, Eric (series ed.)/Jancovich, Mark (series ed.)/Schaefer, Eric (series ed.)
Illustrationer
Illustrations, black & white
Dimensioner
216 x 140 x 17 mm
Vikt
368 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
1:B&W 5.5 x 8.5 in or 216 x 140 mm (Demy 8vo) Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9780719072338

Trash or Treasure

Censorship and the Changing Meanings of the Video Nasties

av Kate Egan
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Trash or treasure is a wide-ranging historical study of the British circulation of the video nasties - a term that was originally coined to ban a group of horror videos in Britain in the 1980s but which continues to have cultural resonance in Britain up to the present day. The book is divided into three sections, which represent the key periods of existence of the nasties category - the formation of the term in the 1980s, the fan culture that formed around the nasties subsequent to their banning under the video recordings act and the DVD and theatrical re-release of some of the titles from 1990 onwards. Through an exploration of a range of relevant historical materials (from film reviews to fan websites, to video advertising materials) the book examines how this unusual, historically-specific genre category was formulated in a particular context, and then used (for different reasons) by moral campaigners, distributors, critics and fans. By examining the discourses that inform the circulation of a group of banned films (including the growth of DVD, the internet and the academic rehabilitation of horror films), the book argues that censorship is not just about rules and regulations, but also about the material, cultural and commercial consequences of a censorhsip act of law. It will be of great interest to lecturers and students of film, popular culture and the media, as well as enthusiasts of horror films and those interested in film censorship debates. -- .
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Kate Egan is Lecturer in Film Studies in Aberstwyth University -- .

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Introduction: the video nasties and the consequences of censorship. Producing the nasties 1. The British art of policing cultural boundaries: the legacy of British horror film reviewing 2. Reconsidering the plague years: the marketing of the video nasties 3. A real horror show: the video nasty press campaign. Cults, collectors and cultural memory 4. Mapping out the territory of a fan culture: video nasties and the British horror magazine 5. Facts, lists and memories: masculine identities and video nasty websites 6. The celebration of a proper product: exploring video collecting through the video nasties Re-releases and re-evaluations 7. Previously banned: remarketing the nasties as retro products 8. Low or high? Film Four, film festivals and the nasties Conclusion: the nasties, British film culture and cross-cultural reception -- .

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