{"product_id":"defining-cult-movies-the-cultural-politics-of-oppositional-taste-inside-popular-film-9780719066313","title":"Defining cult movies The Cultural Politics of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis study stresses the sheer diversity of the films which have been brought together under the term \"cult movies\". It concentrates on the analysis of cult movies, how they are defined, who defines them and the cultural politics of definitions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e2. Esper, the renunciator: teaching 'bad' movies to good students - Jeffrey Sconce\u003cbr\u003e3. The masculinity of cult - Joanne Hollows\u003cbr\u003e4. The cult of masculinity: from fan-boys to academic bad-boys - Jacinda Read\u003cbr\u003e5. Spanish horror and the flight from 'art' cinema 1967-1973 - Andrew Willis\u003cbr\u003e6. Trading in horror, cult and matricide: Peter Jackson's phenomenal bad taste and New Zealand fantasies of inter\/national cinematic success - Harmony H. Wu\u003cbr\u003e7. The making of a cult reputation: topicality and controversy in the critical reception of 'Shivers' - Ernest Mathijs\u003cbr\u003e8. The Argento effect - Peter Hutchings\u003cbr\u003e9. Sexploitation as feminine territory: the films of Doris Wishman - Moya Luckett\u003cbr\u003e10. Kung Fu cult masters: stardom, performance and 'authenticity' in Hong Kong martial arts films - Leon Hunt\u003cbr\u003e11. 'Sharon Stone, screen diva': stardom, femininity and cult fandom - Rebecca Feasey\u003cbr\u003e12. The importance of trivia: ownership, exclusion and authority in science fiction fandom - Nathan Hunt\u003cbr\u003e13. Art, exploitation, underground - Mark Betz\u003cbr\u003e14. Midnight sex-horror movies and the downtown avant-garde - Joan Hawkins\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037297410391,"sku":"9780719066313","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/defining-cult-movies-the-cultural-politics-of-oppositional-taste-inside-popular-film-9780719066313","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}