Baudrillard & Lacan: At the (Exploitation) Movies! Psychoanalysis & the Postmodern Aesthetics of the Weird and Sleazy

by Benton Fazzolari Ph.D.

Baudrillard & At the (Exploitation) Movies! uncovers the multifaceted complexity situated in several previously neglected exploitation masterpieces.

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*Joe D’Amato’s Porno Holocaust & Emanuelle in America
*Jess Franco’s Jungfrauen-Report
*Christploitation Classic A Thief in the Night
*Harmony Korine’s Gummo
*Naziploitation Comedy Liebes Lager
*Tim Heidecker’s Urinal Street Station
*And Much More!

Written for lovers of the Video Nasties, Grindhouse, Mondo, Postmodern Theory, and all things Weird and Sleazy.

A truly fun and entertaining gambol through the bizarre world of Exploitation Media!

217 pages, Paperback

Published July 19, 2022

Reviews

[Vikram X · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is the ultimate ice-breaker! Whether it’s a family get-together or striking up a conversation at the bar, nothing brings people together like postmodernism, pornography, psychoanalysis, ruthless exploitation market forces, and colonialism !

Heavy dose of Lacanian psychoanalysis of “the Real” with Baudrillard’s hyperrealism ; all applied to some of the sleaziest, most bizarre films ever made.

Interesting but very dense .