The Politics of Nordsploitation: History, Industry, Audiences

ISBN-13: 9781501327339 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 288 str.

Pietari Kaapa; Tommy Gustafsson; Austin Fisher

Spis treści

Acknowledgements 1. The Politics of Nordsploitation Periodization: Exploitation and Nordic Exploitation Defining Nordsploitation Theories of Exploitation The complexity of Nordsploitation The structure of the book References 2. A Pre-1970s History of Nordic Exploitation Exploitation as art/art as exploitation Documentary images with exploitative elements The Absence of Exploitation Conclusion References 3. Exploitative Violence and Pornography in the 1970s Conclusion References 4. Moral Panic, VHS Censorship, and Counterforces Fan Cultures 1980-1999 The Video Violence Moral Panic in Sweden Moral Panic within the Hour A Twenty-Year Long Aftermath VHS censorship in the bigger picture: extremes and counterforces Conclusion References 5. The local and the transnational in Nordic exploitation cinema of the 1980s The Viking Trilogy: Exploiting cultural history through genre film Nordic emulations of blockbusters The Visitors Visa Mäkinen and exploitation cinema from the margins Exploitation cinema goes mainstream Global Exploitation: Artic Heat (aka Born American) Conclusions References 6. The Entertainment Violence Factory: Mats Helge Olsson’s Action Films of the 1980s The Beginnings: Working within the Swedish Film Industry as an Outsider The Entertainment Violence Factory: The Ninja Mission and the Marketplace for Nordic Exploitation At Work: Production and Exploitative Themes Genre aspirations Olsson’s stars Conclusion References 7. The Rise of Transnational Exploitation in the 1990s-2000s Nordic exploitation in the 1990s: film genres in transition Going Excessive: Nazi Zombies from Norwegian mountains The 1990s to 2010s: film cultures in transition Artistic exploitation Conclusions References 8. Fanchising and Crowdfunding: Nordic Nazisploitation in the digital media environment of the 2000s The Nazi on film Nordic Nazisploitation: Dead Snow Comic Nazis: Iron Sky Carving space for neo-Nazisploitation Social media and Dead Snow Balancing ideologies Ideology strikes back Conclusion: the Fanchise References 9. Kung Fu cops and killer bunnies: proximity and distance strategies in Nordic exploitation film, 2000-2019 Contemporary patterns Policy incentives: the Nordic genre support programmes Going lo-fi Flirting with the mainstream Killer bunnies on the loose Conclusion References 10. Conclusion: beyond the art house References Index