With Brando as its brooding star, 'The Wild One' (1954), loaded with defiant nihilism, exemplifies the renegade alienation and freewheeling machismo that became trademarks of the 'biker' genre and paved the way for the Hollywood 'outlaw biker' movies that followed through the 1960s and '70s. In the first full study of the biker movie, Bill Osgerby explores the history, context, nature and significance of the 'biker' movie phenomenon. From the genre's origins in the 'teenpic' industry of the early 1950s, he traces the 'biker' movie through its belligerent double decade heyday to its decline and subsequent re-birth during the 1980s, '90s and first decade of the 21st century. Special attention is given to the biker movie's seditious nonconformity and sexually charged menace, themes that ensured the 'chrome opera"s status as a film genre that has appealed equally to the hucksters of exploitation cinema and the underground auteurs of the art-house circuit.
Book Description
Special Offers and Product Promotions
- Pre-order Price Guarantee! Order now and if the Amazon.ca price decreases between your order time and the end of the day of the release date, you'll receive the lowest price. Here's how (restrictions apply)
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Product Description
About the Author
Bill Osgerby is Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies, University of North London and Associate Lecturer, M.A. in Mass Communications (distance learning), Centre for Mass Communication Research, University of Leicester. His books include Youth in Britain Since 1945 (1998), Playboys in Paradise: Youth, Masculinity and Leisure-Style in Modern America (2001), Action TV: Tough-Guys, Smooth Operators and Foxy Chicks (2001) and Youth Media (2004).
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Reviews
There are no customer reviews yet.
5 star
4 star
3 star
2 star
1 star
This item has not yet been released and is not eligible to be reviewed.
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
