Cult Cinema

An Introduction

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by Ernest Mathijs and Jamie Sexton

Type

Studies

Subject

Sociology

Keywords

cult films, sociology

Publishing date

2011

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 316 pages
7 ¼ x 9 ¼ inches (18.5 x 23.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4051-7373-5

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Book Presentation:
Cult Cinema: an Introduction presents the first in-depth academic examination of all aspects of the field of cult cinema, including audiences, genres, and theoretical perspectives.
• Represents the first exhaustive introduction to cult cinema
• Offers a scholarly treatment of a hotly contested topic at the center of current academic debate
• Covers audience reactions, aesthetics, genres, theories of cult cinema, as well as historical insights into the topic

About the authors:
Ernest Mathijs is Associate Professor in Film Studies at the University of British Columbia, Canada. His books include The Cult Film Reader (co-editor), three books on the reception of The Lord of the Rings, and The Cinema of David Cronenberg: From Baron of Blood to Cultural Hero. Jamie Sexton is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, Northumbria University, UK. He is the author of Alternative Film Culture in Inter-War Britain (2008), editor of Music, Sound and Multimedia: From the Live to the Virtual (2007), and co-editor (with Laura Mulvey) of Experimental British Television (2007).Ernest Mathijs and Jamie Sexton are also co-editors of the book series Cultographies.

See the publisher website: Wiley-Blackwell