
Capital and popular cinema
Popular cinema has mostly been discussed from a ''cult'' perspective that celebrates uncritically its ''transgressive'' qualities. Capital and popular cinema responds to the need for a more solid academic approach by situating ''low'' film genres in their economic and culturally-specific contexts and by exploring the interconnections between those contexts, the immediate industrial-financial inter...
Popular cinema has mostly been discussed from a ''cult'' perspective that celebrates uncritically its ''transgressive'' qualities. Capital and popular cinema responds to the need for a more solid academic approach by situating ''low'' film genres in their economic and culturally-specific contexts and by exploring the interconnections between those contexts, the immediate industrial-financial inter...