Defining Cult Movies: The Cultural Politics of Oppositional Taste

Book Overview

Concentrates on the analysis of cult movies, how they are defined, who defines them and the cultural politics of these definitions. Raises issues about the perception of it as an oppositional form of cinema, and of its strained relationships to mainstream cinema and the processes of institutionalisation and classification. Claims that the history of academic film studies and that of cult movie fandom are inextricably intertwined and raises fundamental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 071906631X
• ISBN13: 9780719066313
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"