Nasty Business: The Marketing and Distribution of the Video Nasties

by Mark McKenna

Book Overview

The history of the 'video nasties' has been recounted many times and the films that caused so much offence have themselves been endlessly examined. However, the industry that gave rise to the category has received scant little attention. Earlier histories have tended to foreground issues of censorship, and as such, offer only glimpses of an under explored industrial history of British video. This book focuses explicitly on an industry that is still...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474451098
• ISBN13: 9781474451093
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"