Rewind, Replay

Britain and the Video Boom, 1978-1992

Johnny Walker (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

2022
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-5447-6 (ISBN)

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Charts the introduction and rise of video entertainment in Britain from the launch of Betamax and VHS in 1978 to the development of the video superstore in the early 1990s

Rewind, Replay explores the birth and maturation of the pre-recorded video entertainment business in the UK. Informed by archival research and the examination of contemporaneous trade periodicals, industrial documentation and ephemera, it scrutinises distributors, wholesalers and shops. It explores industry shifts previoulsy unconsidered in scholarship, including video rental, market rationalisation and the development of ‘sell-though’ videocassettes to identify the key factors that led to the video boom.

Johnny Walker is Associate Professor in the Department of Arts at Northumbria University. His authored books include, Contemporary British Horror Cinema: Industry, Genre and Society (2015), as editor, Hammer and Beyond: The British Horror Film (by Peter Hutchings, 2021), and as co-editor, Grindhouse: Cultural Exchange on 42nd Street, and Beyond (2016). His scholarship can be found in numerous journals and anthologies.

Introduction: Rewind, replay

We’ve got it taped
Shrugging off the recession
Threats and benefits
Regulation and adaptation
Independent spirit vs. corporate muscle

Conclusion: Video legacies

Erscheinungsdatum	14.06.2022
Zusatzinfo	43 black and white illustrations, 2 black and white tables
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
ISBN-10	1-4744-5447-X / 147445447X
ISBN-13	978-1-4744-5447-6 / 9781474454476
Zustand	Neuware