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

Description: Trash or Treasure by Kate Egan Trash or treasure is a wide-ranging historical study of the British circulation of the video nasties - A term that was originally coined to ban a group of horror videos in Britain in the 1980s but which continues to have cultural resonance in Britain up to the present day. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Trash or treasure is a wide-ranging historical study of the British circulation of the video nasties - a term that was originally coined to ban a group of horror videos in Britain in the 1980s but which continues to have cultural resonance in Britain up to the present day.The book is divided into three sections, which represent the key periods of existence of the nasties category - the formation of the term in the 1980s, the fan culture that formed around the nasties subsequent to their banning under the video recordings act and the DVD and theatrical re-release of some of the titles from 1990 onwards. Through an exploration of a range of relevant historical materials (from film reviews to fan websites, to video advertising materials) the book examines how this unusual, historically-specific 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 (including the growth of DVD, the internet and the academic rehabilitation of horror films), the book argues that censorship is not just about rules and regulations, but also about the material, cultural and commercial consequences of a censorhsip act of law.It will be of great interest to lecturers and students of film, popular culture and the media, as well as enthusiasts of horror films and those interested in film censorship debates. -- . Flap Trash or treasure is a wide-ranging historical study of the British circulation of the video nasties - a term that was originally coined to ban a group of horror videos in Britain in the 1980s but which continues to have cultural resonance in Britain up to the present day.The book is divided into three sections, which represent the key periods of existence of the nasties category - the formation of the term in the 1980s, the fan culture that formed around the nasties subsequent to their banning under the video recordings act and the DVD and theatrical re-release of some of the titles from 1990 onwards. Through an exploration of a range of relevant historical materials (from film reviews to fan websites, to video advertising materials) the book examines how this unusual, historically-specific 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 (including the growth of DVD, the internet and the academic rehabilitation of horror films), the book argues that censorship is not just about rules and regulations, but also about the material, cultural and commercial consequences of a censorhsip act of law.It will be of great interest to lecturers and students of film, popular culture and the media, as well as enthusiasts of horror films and those interested in film censorship debates. Author Biography Kate Egan is Lecturer in Film Studies in Aberstwyth University Table of Contents Introduction: the video nasties and the consequences of censorship. Producing the nasties1. The British art of policing cultural boundaries: the legacy of British horror film reviewing2. Reconsidering the plague years: the marketing of the video nasties3. A real horror show: the video nasty press campaign. Cults, collectors and cultural memory4. Mapping out the territory of a fan culture: video nasties and the British horror magazine5. Facts, lists and memories: masculine identities and video nasty websites6. The celebration of a proper product: exploring video collecting through the video nasties Re-releases and re-evaluations7. Previously banned: remarketing the nasties as retro products8. Low or high? Film Four, film festivals and the nastiesConclusion: the nasties, British film culture and cross-cultural reception Promotional Trash or treasure is a wide-ranging historical study of the British circulation of the video nasties. Long Description Trash or treasure is a wide-ranging historical study of the British circulation of the video nasties - a term that was originally coined to ban a group of horror videos in Britain in the 1980s but which continues to have cultural resonance in Britain up to the present day.The book is divided into three sections, which represent the key periods of existence of the nasties category - the formation of the term in the 1980s, the fan culture that formed around the nasties subsequent to their banning under the video recordings act and the DVD and theatrical re-release of some of the titles from 1990 onwards. Through an exploration of a range of relevant historical materials (from film reviews to fan websites, to video advertising materials) the book examines how this unusual, historically-specific 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 (including the growth of DVD, the internet and the academic rehabilitation of horror films), the book argues that censorship is not just about rules and regulations, but also about the material, cultural and commercial consequences of a censorhsip act of law.It will be of great interest to lecturers and students of film, popular culture and the media, as well as enthusiasts of horror films and those interested in film censorship debates. Description for Sales People - Engages with a range of growing areas of Film and Cultural studies currently being taught in the UK and abroad, including film collecting, horror, moral panics, film censorship and fan and internet cultures - This is the only academic book in print that deals with the video nasties and the debates around the video recordings act - This was the first academic monograph study of film censorship to focus not only on press articles, government documents and film reviews, but also fan discussions of film censorship, marketing strategies and a wide range of further material - Serves as a model of how to analyse a range of different historial materials (from the traditional to the ephemeral) in order to explore how the meanings of films are made Details ISBN0719072336 Author Kate Egan Short Title TRASH OR TREAS Pages 286 Publisher Manchester University Press Language English ISBN-10 0719072336 ISBN-13 9780719072338 Media Book Format Paperback Series Inside Popular Film Year 2012 Imprint Manchester University Press Subtitle Censorship and the Changing Meanings of the Video Nasties Place of Publication Manchester Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 303.376 Publication Date 2012-06-30 UK Release Date 2012-06-30 NZ Release Date 2012-06-30 Illustrations Illustrations, black & white Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 2012-07-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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