Grindhouse nostalgia : : memory, home video and exploitation film fandom / / David Church.

Too often dismissed as nothing more than 'trash cinema', exploitation films have become both earnestly appreciated cult objects and home video items that are more accessible than ever. In this wide-ranging new study, David Church explores how the history of drive-in theatres and urban grin...

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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press,, [2015]
2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (297 pages) :; illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • A drive-in theatre of the mind: Nostalgic populism and the declasse video object
  • 42nd street forever? Constructing 'grindhouse cinema' from exhibition to genre to transmedia concept
  • Paratexts, pastiche, and the direct-to-video aesthetic: Towards a retrosploitation mediascape
  • Dressed to regress? The retributive politics of the retrosploitation pastiche
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Selected filmography and videography of retrosploitation media.