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Trash or Treasure: Censorship and the Changing Meanings of the Video Nasties

Hardback

Main Details

Title Trash or Treasure: Censorship and the Changing Meanings of the Video Nasties
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kate Egan
SeriesInside Popular Film
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreFilms and cinema
ISBN/Barcode 9780719072321
ClassificationsDewey:303.376
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
General
Illustrations Illustrations, black & white

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 1 November 2007
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Trash or treasure is a wide-ranging historical study of the British circulation of the video nasties - a term that was originally coined in order to ban a group of horror videos in Britain in the 1980s. Through an exploration of the range of historical materials, the book examines how this unusual genre category was formulated in a particular context and then used (for different reasons) by moral campaigners, distributors, critics and fans. By examining the discourses that inform the circulation of a group of banned films, the book argues that censorship is not just about rules and regulations, but also about the discourses that generate censorship, and the cultural and commercial consequences of a censorship act or law. The book will be of great interest to lecturers and students of film and popular culture, as well as enthusiasts of horror films and those interested in film censorship debates. -- .

Author Biography

Kate Egan is lecturer in Film and TelevAcademics, postgrads, undergrads and enthusiasts of Film and Cultural studies, British cultural history, Media studies, studies of Material Culture and cultural anthropologision Studies at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth -- .