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Nasty business : the marketing and distribution of the video nasties / Mark McKenna.
LIBRA HD9697.V542 M35 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McKenna, Mark, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Video recordings industry--Great Britain--History.
- Video recordings industry.
- Motion pictures--Great Britain--Distribution--History.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--Distribution.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: It was the Best of Times, it was the Worst of Times
- 2. A Very Nasty Business: Complicating the History of the Video Nasties
- 3. Tracking Home Video: Independence, Economics and Industry
- 4. Historicising the New Threat
- 5. Trailers, Taglines and Tactics: Selling Horror Films on Video and DVD
- 6. Branding and Authenticity
- 7. `Previously Banned': Building a Commercial Category
- 8. The Art of Exploitation
- 9. Conclusion: The Golden Age of Exploitation?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-199) and index.
- ISBN:
- 147445108X
- 9781474451086
- OCLC:
- 1136965281
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