{"product_id":"hoodlum-movies-seriality-and-the-outlaw-biker-film-cycle-19661972-9780813599021","title":"Hoodlum Movies  Seriality and the Outlaw Biker","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoodlum Movies\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on why and how these films were made, who they were made for, and how the cycle developed through the second half of the 1960s. Despised by critics, but welcomed by exhibitors denied first-run films, these cheaply and quickly produced movies were produced to appeal to audiences of mobile youths until 1972.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No one has gone as far as Stanfield in conceptualizing the notion of the film 'cycle.'\u003ci\u003e Hoodlum Movies\u003c\/i\u003e is a strong, interesting, and original look at the biker genre, an understudied set of films.\" -- William Straw * author of Cyanide and Sin: Visualizing Crime in 50's America *\u003cbr\u003e\"Chronicle of Higher Education New Scholarly Books Weekly Book List,\" compiled by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *\u003cbr\u003e\"When Peter Stanfield publishes a book, it’s a cult cinephile’s cause for celebration. Outside of the woefully out-of-print \u003ci\u003eBig Book of Biker Movies\u003c\/i\u003e, this is the best work on the subgenre yet.\" * Bookgasm *\u003cbr\u003e\"When Peter Stanfield publishes a book, it’s a cult cinephile’s cause for celebration. Outside of the woefully out-of-print \u003ci\u003eBig Book of Biker Movies\u003c\/i\u003e, this is the best work on the subgenre yet.\" * Flick Attack *\u003cbr\u003e\"No one has gone as far as Stanfield in conceptualizing the notion of the film 'cycle.'\u003ci\u003e Hoodlum Movies\u003c\/i\u003e is a strong, interesting, and original look at the biker genre, an understudied set of films.\" -- William Straw * author of Cyanide and Sin: Visualizing Crime in 50's America *\u003cbr\u003e\"Chronicle of Higher Education New Scholarly Books Weekly Book List,\" compiled by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *\u003cbr\u003e\"When Peter Stanfield publishes a book, it’s a cult cinephile’s cause for celebration. Outside of the woefully out-of-print \u003ci\u003eBig Book of Biker Movies\u003c\/i\u003e, this is the best work on the subgenre yet.\" * Bookgasm *\u003cbr\u003e\"When Peter Stanfield publishes a book, it’s a cult cinephile’s cause for celebration. Outside of the woefully out-of-print \u003ci\u003eBig Book of Biker Movies\u003c\/i\u003e, this is the best work on the subgenre yet.\" * Flick Attack *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: hoodlum poses and gestures\u003cbr\u003e 1          Strange Excitements: the topical and the sensational\u003cbr\u003e 2          Getting Out of Town: the cycle unfolds\u003cbr\u003e 3          After Easy Rider: modulations and curious combinations\u003cbr\u003e 4          Nazi Satanists, Viet Vets and M’cycle Mamas (and other such pulp delights)\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: buried in the sand forever\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405803037015,"sku":"9780813599021","price":105.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813599021.jpg?v=1730493674","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hoodlum-movies-seriality-and-the-outlaw-biker-film-cycle-19661972-9780813599021","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}