Making European Cult Cinema: Fan Enterprise in an Alternative Economy

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    Abstract

    Fans of cult films don't just watch the movies they love-they frequently engage with them in other, more creative ways as well. Making European Cult Cinema explores the ways in which that fandom could be understood as an alternative economy of fan enterprise, through a close look at how fans produce and distribute artifacts and commodities related to cult films. Built around interviews and ethnographic observations-and even the author's own fan enterprise-the book creates an innovative theoretical framework that draws in ideas from cultural studies and political economy to introduce the concept of an 'alternative economy' as a way to understand fan productions.
    Original languageEnglish
    Place of PublicationAmsterdam
    PublisherAmsterdam University Press
    Number of pages226
    ISBN (Electronic)9789048529063
    ISBN (Print)9789089649935
    Publication statusPublished (VoR) - 18 Sept 2018

    Keywords

    • Entrepreneurship
    • cult film
    • political economy
    • ethnography

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