{"product_id":"the-routledge-companion-to-cult-cinema-paperback","title":"The Routledge Companion to Cult Cinema - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErnest Mathijs\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJamie Sexton\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Cult Cinema\u003c\/em\u003e offers an overview of the field of cult cinema - films at the margin of popular culture and art that have received exceptional cultural visibility and status mostly because they break rules, offend, and challenge understandings of achievement (some are so bad they're good, others so good they remain inaccessible).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCult cinema is no longer only comprised of the midnight movie or the extreme genre film. Its range has widened and the issues it broaches have become battlegrounds in cultural debates that typify the first quarter of the twenty-first century. Sections are introduced with the major theoretical frameworks, philosophical inspirations, and methodologies for studying cult films, with individual chapters excavating the most salient criticism of how the field impacts cultural discourse at large. Case studies include the worst films ever; exploitation films; genre cinema; multiple media formats cult cinema is expressed through; issues of cultural, national, and gender representations; elements of the production culture of cult cinema; and, throughout, aspects of the aesthetics of cult cinema - its genre, style, look, impact, and ability to yank viewers out of their comfort zones. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Cult Cinema goes beyond the traditional scope of Anglophone and North American cinema by including case studies of East and South Asia, continental Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America, making it an innovative and important resource for researchers and students alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eErnest Mathijs\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Film Studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He teaches and writes on cult cinema. With Jamie Sexton he has written \u003ci\u003eCult Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e (2011). He is the co-author of \u003ci\u003e100 Cult Films\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cinema of David Cronenberg\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJamie Sexton \u003c\/strong\u003eis Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at Northumbria University, UK. He is author of \u003ci\u003eCultographies: Stranger Than Paradise \u003c\/i\u003e(2018) and co-author with Ernest Mathijs of \u003ci\u003eCult Cinema \u003c\/i\u003e(2011). He is currently writing a monograph on American independent cinema and indie music cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 520\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.6 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51786101621024,"sku":"9781032084206","price":106.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/527e20265e2d6e8ad13e1c44d333c15c.webp?v=1780627718","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-routledge-companion-to-cult-cinema-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}