Offensive Films: Toward an Anthropology of Cinema Vomitif

by Mikita Brottman

Book Overview

The films discussed in this book have been labeled cin ma vomitif because they induce a visceral response in their audience. They are an underground hybrid of slasher movies, exploitation films, and shock-u-mentaries. Taking a serious look at a taboo subject, Brottman argues that these scandalous films are of far more substance than has been previously assumed. Their consistent appeal to our repressed appetites, libidinal instincts, and fascination...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031330033X
• ISBN13: 9780313300332
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.5"