B-Movie Gothic
International Perspectives
Published on 15. May 2018
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-1-4744-2344-1 (ISBN)
Description
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. B-Movie Gothic: International Perspectives 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.
Reviews / Votes
This book takes head-on the complex question of the relationship between Gothic as a Western-origin art form and the rise of indigenous film of the supernatural and the eerie across cultures and continents. Its focus on the B-movie is adeptly handled by a variety of distinguished critics, raising important questions about internationalisation and local development. There are many dark gems revealed here, and expertly and engagingly discussed. * Professor David Punter, University of Bristol *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
15 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4744-2344-1 (9781474423441)
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Persons
Justin D Edwards is Chair of Gothic Studies at the University of Stirling. He is co-president of the International Gothic Association and the author or co-author of several books, including Grotesque (2013) Mobility at Large (2012), Postcolonial Literature (2008), Gothic Canada: Reading the Spectre of a National Literature (2005), Gothic Passages: Racial Ambiguity and the American Gothic (2003) and Exotic Journeys: Exploring the Erotics of U.S. Travel Literature (2001). Johan Hoeglund is Associate Professor of English at Linnaeus University. He is also Director of the Linnaeus University Centre for Concurrences in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies, member of the board of the Advanced Cultural Studies Institute of Sweden, and of the editorial board of Transtext(e)s Transcultures. He has published extensively on the relationship between imperialism and popular culture as it manifests in a number of different historical and national settings.
Content
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Justin D Edwards and Johan Hoeglund
Section I: America
Chapter One: Its, Blobs and Things: Gothic Beings Out of Time, Justin D Edwards
Chapter Two: Re-Scripting Blaxploitation Horror: Ganja and Hess and the Gothic Mode, Maisha Wester
Chapter Three: Alucardas and Alucardos: Vampiric Obsessions, Gothic, and Mexican Cult Horror Cinema, Enrique Ajuria Ibarra
Chapter Four: Gothic Forests and Mangroves: Ecological Disasters in Zombio and Mangue Negro, Daniel Serravalle de Sa?
Section II: Europe
Chapter Five: Mummies, Vampires, and Doppelgangers: Hammer's B-Movies and Classic Gothic Fiction, John Edgar Browning
Chapter Six: Fantaterror: Gothic Monsters in the Golden Age of Spanish B-Movie Horror, 1968-80, Xavier Aldana Reyes
Chapter Seven: Austro-Trash, Class, and the Urban Environment: The Politics of Das Ding aus der Mur and its Prequel, Michael Fuchs
Chapter Eight: Wither the Present, Wither the Past: The Low Budget Gothic Horror of Stockholm Syndrome Films, Johan Hoeglund
Chapter Nine: Turkish B-movie Gothic: Making the Undead Turkish in OElueler Konusmaz Ki, Tugce Bicakci Syed?
Section III: Africa and Asia
Chapter Ten: Filamu ya kutisha: Tanzanian Horror Films as B-Movie Gothic, Claudia Boehme
Chapter Eleven: Psychopaths and Gothic Lolitas: Japanese B-Movie Gothic in Gen Takahashi's Goth: Love and Death and Go Ohara's Gothic & Lolita Psycho, Jimmy D. McRoy
Chapter Twelve: Hong Kong Gothic: Category III Films as Gothic Cinema, Katarzyna Ancuta
Chapter Thirteen: B is for Bhayanak: Past, Present and Pulp in Bollywood Gothic, Tabish Khair?
Contributors
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Acknowledgements
Introduction
Justin D Edwards and Johan Hoeglund
Section I: America
Chapter One: Its, Blobs and Things: Gothic Beings Out of Time, Justin D Edwards
Chapter Two: Re-Scripting Blaxploitation Horror: Ganja and Hess and the Gothic Mode, Maisha Wester
Chapter Three: Alucardas and Alucardos: Vampiric Obsessions, Gothic, and Mexican Cult Horror Cinema, Enrique Ajuria Ibarra
Chapter Four: Gothic Forests and Mangroves: Ecological Disasters in Zombio and Mangue Negro, Daniel Serravalle de Sa?
Section II: Europe
Chapter Five: Mummies, Vampires, and Doppelgangers: Hammer's B-Movies and Classic Gothic Fiction, John Edgar Browning
Chapter Six: Fantaterror: Gothic Monsters in the Golden Age of Spanish B-Movie Horror, 1968-80, Xavier Aldana Reyes
Chapter Seven: Austro-Trash, Class, and the Urban Environment: The Politics of Das Ding aus der Mur and its Prequel, Michael Fuchs
Chapter Eight: Wither the Present, Wither the Past: The Low Budget Gothic Horror of Stockholm Syndrome Films, Johan Hoeglund
Chapter Nine: Turkish B-movie Gothic: Making the Undead Turkish in OElueler Konusmaz Ki, Tugce Bicakci Syed?
Section III: Africa and Asia
Chapter Ten: Filamu ya kutisha: Tanzanian Horror Films as B-Movie Gothic, Claudia Boehme
Chapter Eleven: Psychopaths and Gothic Lolitas: Japanese B-Movie Gothic in Gen Takahashi's Goth: Love and Death and Go Ohara's Gothic & Lolita Psycho, Jimmy D. McRoy
Chapter Twelve: Hong Kong Gothic: Category III Films as Gothic Cinema, Katarzyna Ancuta
Chapter Thirteen: B is for Bhayanak: Past, Present and Pulp in Bollywood Gothic, Tabish Khair?
Contributors
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