Offensive films : toward an anthropology of cinéma vomitif / Mikita Brottman.

Author/creator Brottman, Mikita, 1966-
Format Book
Publication InfoWestport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1997.
Descriptionviii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesContributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy ; no. 72, 0193-6875 ;
Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy no. 72. ^A514648
Contents "One of us"--carnivalizing the taboo -- Fecal phantoms--oral and anal tensions in The Tingler -- "There never was a party like this!" Blood feast and the primal act of cannibalism -- "Where life is cheap"--Snuff in South America, Slaughter on Cielo Drive -- "Once upon a time in Texas"--The Texas chain saw massacre as an inverted fairy tale -- Exophagy and exchange--giving and taking in the green inferno -- Neo-mondo--recarnivalizing the taboo.
Local noteJoyner-See also manuscript material related to the James H. and Virginia Schlobin Literature of the Fantastic Collection. Ask in Joyner Library Special Collections.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [189]-197) and index.
Acquisitions source Joyner Schlobin copy Gift of Chip Sullivan, 2005
LCCN 96049734
ISBN031330033X (alk. paper)
ISBN9780313300332 (alk. paper)

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Joyner Schlobin Fantasy Collection PN1995.9.H6 B67 1997 ✔ Available Request Material