{"product_id":"underground-u-s-a-filmmaking-beyond-the-hollywood-canon-paperback","title":"Underground U.S.A.: Filmmaking Beyond the Hollywood Canon - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eXavier Mendik\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSteven Jay Schneider\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLloyd Kaufman\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether defined by the carnivalesque excesses of Troma studios (\u003ci\u003eThe Toxic Avenger\u003c\/i\u003e), the arthouse erotica of Radley Metzger and Doris Wishman, or the narrative experimentations of Abel Ferrara, Melvin Van Peebles, Jack Smith, or Harmony Korine, underground cinema has achieved an important position within American film culture. Often defined as \"cult\" and \"exploitation\" or \"alternative\" and \"independent,\" the American underground retains separate strategies of production and exhibition from the cinematic mainstream, while its sexual and cinematic representations differ from the traditionally conservative structures of the Hollywood system. \u003ci\u003eUnderground U.S.A.\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fascinating overview of this area of maverick moviemaking by considering the links between the experimental and exploitative traditions of the American underground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eXavier Mendik is the director of the Cult Film Archive at University College Northampton, and he is the general editor of the \u003ci\u003eAlterImage\u003c\/i\u003e series. Steven Jay Schneider is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cinema of Wes Craven.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.1 x 7.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 26, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51782396903712,"sku":"9780231162791","price":50.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2abb070f5df320eb5820909c9a9e2fbe.webp?v=1780569732","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/underground-u-s-a-filmmaking-beyond-the-hollywood-canon-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}