Pt. I. Early transgressions Erotica in the service of social hygiene : sexual enlightenment melodramas in Austro-Hungarian and Weimer German cinema Mel Gordon -- Kicking against the pricks : the perverseness of Erich Von Stroheim William B. Parrill -- Two Helens and a host of tr…
While there are numerous books on art and exploitation cinema, very few attempt to examine both. Covering the first 100 years of cinematic transgressions, From the Arthouse to the Grindhouse is a collection of numerous essays representing key contributions to overlooked, forgott…