{"product_id":"merchants-of-menace-paperback-1","title":"Merchants of Menace - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Nowell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven though horror has been a key component of media output for almost a century, the genre's industrial character remains under explored and poorly understood.\u003ci\u003e Merchants of Menace: The Business of Horror Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e responds to a major void in film history by shedding much-needed new light on the economic dimensions of one of the world's most enduring audiovisual forms. Given horror cuts across budgetary categories, industry sectors, national film cultures, and media, \u003ci\u003eMerchants of Menace\u003c\/i\u003e also promises to expand understandings of the economics of cinema generally. Covering 1930-present, this groundbreaking collection boasts fourteen original chapters from world-leading experts taking as their focus such diverse topics as early zombie pictures, post-WWII chillers, Civil Rights-Era marketing, Hollywood literary adaptations, Australian exploitation, \"torture-porn\" Auteurs, and twenty-first-century remakes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Nowell teaches American Cinema at the American Studies Department of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. He is the author of\u003ci\u003e Blood Money: A History of the First Teen Slasher Film Cycle\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), he has served as a guest editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eIluminace\u003c\/i\u003e, and he has published articles in several journals including the N\u003ci\u003eew Review of Film \u0026amp; Television Studies, Post Script, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eJournal of Film and Video, InMedia, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCinema Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 10, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42166293954695,"sku":"9781623564209","price":88.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/9189ba0e67eca4ff06bf5377e6cd760d.webp?v=1733319828","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/merchants-of-menace-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}