{"product_id":"bold-daring-shocking-true-9780822323747","title":"Bold Daring Shocking True","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents a social and cultural history of exploitation films. Analysing many films, such as \"The Road to Ruin\", \"Modern Motherhood\", and more, this book demonstrates that these films were more than simply 'bad' movies. It shows how they evolved during a period of forty years and how, during that time, they shaped public policies and attitudes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An astonishing scholarly achievement, one of the most impressive books I’ve read in a decade. Schaefer’s research is broad and profound. This is not only \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e reference work on the subject; it is a model of elegant argument.”—Matthew Bernstein, author of \u003ci\u003eWalter Wanger, Hollywood Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The exploitation film has enjoyed a cult following as ‘turkey cinema,’ ‘trash,’ midnight movie camp, psychotronic cinema, and the object of ridicule on \u003ci\u003eMystery Science Theater 3000\u003c\/i\u003e. Yet Schaefer’s book shows us that it must be central to any understanding of the way Hollywood cinema operates. This groundbreaking work will open up an entirely new field of film history.”—Henry Jenkins, author of \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction Audiences: Watching \u003c\/i\u003eDoctor Who\u003ci\u003e and \u003c\/i\u003eStar Trek\u003cbr\u003e“When I was in the business I billed myself as ‘The Expert Exponent of Exploitation.’ I hereby bestow that shibboleth to the genuine, absolute, factual Expert Exponent, Eric Schaefer. Nothing more need ever be told about this subject.”—David F. Friedman, who was there when a lot of it happened, producer of \u003ci\u003eDaughter of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlood Feast\u003c\/i\u003e, and other exploitation classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledments \u003cbr\u003e Introduction:\u003ci\u003e “As Long as It Was in Bad Taste!”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “An Attempt to ‘Commercialize Vice’”\u003ci\u003e:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eOrigins of the Exploitation Film\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “A Hodge-Podge of Cuttings and Splicings”\u003ci\u003e:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Mode of Production and the Style of Classical Exploitation Films\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “You Gotta Tell ’Em to Sell ’Em”: \u003ci\u003eDistribution, Advertising, and Exhibition of Exploitation Films\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Thoroughly Vile and Disgusting”: \u003ci\u003eThe Exploitation Film and Censorship\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “No False Modesty, No Old-Fashioned Taboos”: \u003ci\u003eThe Sex Hygiene Film\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “The Monster That Caters to Thrill-Hungry Youth”: \u003ci\u003eThe Drug Film\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Timely as Today’s Front Page”: \u003ci\u003eVice, Exotic, and Atrocity Films\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “They Wear No Clothes!”: \u003ci\u003eNudist and Burlesque Films\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: \u003ci\u003eThe End of Classical Exploitation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAppendix 1 - Major Exploitation Producers\/Distributors and Their \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCompany Names\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAppendix 2 - Filmography \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAppendix 3 - Video Sources \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406023762263,"sku":"9780822323747","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822323747.jpg?v=1730494279","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bold-daring-shocking-true-9780822323747","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}