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OverviewThe history of the 'video nasties' has been recounted many times and the films that caused so much offence have themselves been endlessly examined. However, the industry that gave rise to the category has received scant little attention. Earlier histories have tended to foreground issues of censorship, and as such, offer only glimpses of an under explored industrial history of British video. This book focuses explicitly on an industry that is still portrayed in heavily caricatured terms, that is frequently presented as immoral or corrupt, and that continues to be understood through the rhetoric of the tabloid press, as 'merchants of menace'. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mark McKennaPublisher: Edinburgh University Press Imprint: Edinburgh University Press ISBN: 9781474451086ISBN 10: 147445108 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 31 July 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThrough the employment of a range of new perspectives, Nasty Business makes a major contribution to scholarship on the video nasties and the Video Recordings Act, as well as to industrial studies of the (British and global) video industry and its history.--Kate Egan, Senior Lecturer in Film and Media at Northumbria University, and author of 'Trash or Treasure? Censorship and the Changing Meanings of the Video Nasties.' Author InformationMark McKenna is a lecturer of Film, Television and Radio studies at Staffordshire University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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