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Informationen zum Autor 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, Ab Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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
