| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 236 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Traditions in world cinema |
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Traditions in world cinema
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| Contents |
Its, blobs and things : gothic beings out of time / Justin D. Edwards -- Re-scripting blaxploitation horror : Ganja and Hess and the gothic mode / Maisha Wester -- Alucardas and Alucardos : vampiric obsessions, gothic and Mexican cult horror cinema / Enrique Ajuria Ibarra -- Gothic forests and mangroves : ecological disasters in Zombio and Mangue Negro / Daniel Serravalle de Sa -- Mummies, vampires and doppelgangers : Hammer's B-movies and classic gothic fiction / John Edgar Browning -- Fantaterror : gothic monsters in the golden age of Spanish B-movie horror, 1968-80 / Xavier Aldana Reyes -- Austro-trash, class and the urban environment : the politics of Das Ding aus der Mur and its prequel / Michael Fuchs -- Wither the present, wither the past : the low-budget gothic horror of Stockholm syndrome films / Johan Hoglund -- Turkish B-movie gothic : making the undead Turkish in Oluler Konusmaz Ki / Tugce Bicakci Syed -- Filamu ya kutisha : Tanzanian horror films and B-movie gothic / Claudia Bohme -- Psychopaths and gothic Lolitas : Japanese B-movie gothic in Gen Takahashi's Goth: Love and Death and Go Ohara's Gothic & Lolita Psycho / Jay McRoy -- Hong Kong gothic : category III films as gothic cinema / Katarzyna Ancuta -- B is for Bhayanak : past, present and pulp in Bollywood gothic / Tabish Khair |
| Summary |
Following the Second World War, low-budget B-movies that explored and exploited Gothic narratives and aesthetics became a significant cinematic expression of social and cultural anxieties. Influencing new trends in European, Asian and African filmmaking, these films carried on the tradition established by the Gothic novel, and yet they remain part of a largely neglected subject. This book examines the influence of Gothic B-movies on the cinematic traditions of the United States, Britain, Scandinavia, Spain, Turkey, Japan, Hong Kong and India, highlighting their transgressive, transnational and provocative nature. It shows how B-movie Gothic is a relentlessly creative form, filled with political tensions and moving from shocking conservatism to profound social critique |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography, filmography and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
B films -- History and criticism
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Gothic fiction (Literary genre) -- Influence
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Gothic revival (Literature) -- Influence
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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B films
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B-Film
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Horrorfilm
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Edwards, Justin D., 1970- editor
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Höglund, Johan Anders, editor
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| LC no. |
2018285891 |
| ISBN |
9781474423458 |
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1474423450 |
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9781474423465 |
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1474423469 |
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1474423442 |
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9781474423441 |
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