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Grindhouse Nostalgia: Memory, Home Video and Exploitation Film Fandom
David Church
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Paperback. Exploitation films have become sincerely appreciated cult objects on home video. In this new study, David Church explores how the history of drive-in theatres and urban grind houses has descended to home video formats. Church examines how nostalgia shapes the aesthetics and politics of exploitation films and the fan cultures devoted to them. Num Pages: 296 pages, 21 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Too often dismissed as 'trash cinema', exploitation films have nevertheless become sincerely appreciated cult objects on home video. In this new study, David Church explores how the history of drive-in theatres and urban grind houses has descended to home video formats. Focusing on both the re-release of archival exploitation films on DVD and the recent cycle of 'retrosploitation' films like Grindhouse, Machete, Viva, and Black Dynamite, Church examines how nostalgia shapes the aesthetics and politics of exploitation films and the fan cultures devoted to them.
Too often dismissed as 'trash cinema', exploitation films have nevertheless become sincerely appreciated cult objects on home video. In this new study, David Church explores how the history of drive-in theatres and urban grind houses has descended to home video formats. Focusing on both the re-release of archival exploitation films on DVD and the recent cycle of 'retrosploitation' films like Grindhouse, Machete, Viva, and Black Dynamite, Church examines how nostalgia shapes the aesthetics and politics of exploitation films and the fan cultures devoted to them.
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474409001
SKU
V9781474409001
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About David Church
David Church is based at the Department of Communication and Culture, Indiana University.
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