European low culture
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+ | "What I liked were: absurd paintings, pictures over doorways, stage sets, carnival backdrops, billboards, bright-colored prints, old-fashioned literature, church Latin, erotic books full of misspellings, the kind of novels our grandmothers read, fairy tales, little children's books, old operas, silly old songs, the naïve rhythms of country rimes." --"[[The Alchemy Of The Word]]" (1873), Arthur Rimbaud | ||
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European [[low culture]] is low [[culture of Europe]]. | European [[low culture]] is low [[culture of Europe]]. | ||
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=== History === | === History === | ||
====18th and 19th century==== | ====18th and 19th century==== | ||
- | The roots of [[European exploitation]] culture can be traced from the [[18th]] and [[19th]] centuries' [[Dark Romanticism|darker strains of romanticism]] and the [[gothic novel]] to the late [[19th century]] [[Decadent movement]]. | + | The roots of '''European exploitation''' culture can be traced from the [[18th]] and [[19th]] centuries' [[Dark Romanticism|darker strains of romanticism]] and the [[gothic novel]] to the late [[19th century]] [[Decadent movement]]. |
====20th century==== | ====20th century==== | ||
In the [[20th century]] European exploitation culture found its outlet primarily in [[exploitation film|exploitation movies]] and in [[adult comics|adult comic books]]. | In the [[20th century]] European exploitation culture found its outlet primarily in [[exploitation film|exploitation movies]] and in [[adult comics|adult comic books]]. | ||
- | ==By country== | + | ===By country=== |
+ | *''[[Perverse Titillation: The Exploitation Cinema of Italy, Spain and France, 1960-1980]]'' (2011) by Danny Shipka | ||
+ | *''[[Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956-1984]]'' | ||
*[[British exploitation]] | *[[British exploitation]] | ||
- | **''[[Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema]]'' by [[Simon Sheridan]] | + | **''[[Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema]]'' (2005) by Simon Sheridan |
+ | **''[[British Low Culture: From Safari Suits to Sexploitation]]'' (1998) by Leon Hunt | ||
*[[French exploitation]] | *[[French exploitation]] | ||
- | **''[[French Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Pulp Fiction]]'' (2000) - [[Jean-Marc Lofficier]], [[Randy Lofficier]] | + | **''[[Pulp Surrealism: Insolent Popular Culture in Early Twentieth-Century France]]'' (2000) by Robin Walz |
+ | **''[[French Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Pulp Fiction]]'' (2000) by Jean-Marc Lofficier, Randy Lofficier | ||
*[[German exploitation]] | *[[German exploitation]] | ||
+ | **''[[B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979–1989]]'' (2015) | ||
*[[Italian exploitation]] | *[[Italian exploitation]] | ||
**''[[Psychopathia Sexualis in Italian Sinema (1968 - 1972)]]'' | **''[[Psychopathia Sexualis in Italian Sinema (1968 - 1972)]]'' | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
+ | *[[Euro trash]] | ||
+ | *[[European cinema]] | ||
+ | **[[European popular cinema]] | ||
+ | *[[European comics]] | ||
+ | *[[European culture]] | ||
+ | *[[European disco]] | ||
+ | *[[European erotica]] | ||
+ | *[[European horror]]'' | ||
*[[American exploitation]] | *[[American exploitation]] | ||
- | + | *[[Exploitation culture]] | |
- | * [[Exploitation culture]] | + | |
- | *''[[Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956-1984]]'' | + | |
- | ==See also== | + | |
- | :''[[Euro trash]] - [[European comics]] - [[European disco]] - [[European erotica]] - [[European exploitation|European exploitation (culture)]] - [[European horror]]'' | + | |
*[[European high culture]] | *[[European high culture]] | ||
+ | *[[European popular music]] | ||
+ | **[[Eurovision Song Contest]] | ||
*[[Low culture]] | *[[Low culture]] | ||
*[[European counterculture]] | *[[European counterculture]] | ||
+ | *[[Popular culture]] | ||
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"What I liked were: absurd paintings, pictures over doorways, stage sets, carnival backdrops, billboards, bright-colored prints, old-fashioned literature, church Latin, erotic books full of misspellings, the kind of novels our grandmothers read, fairy tales, little children's books, old operas, silly old songs, the naïve rhythms of country rimes." --"The Alchemy Of The Word" (1873), Arthur Rimbaud |
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European low culture is low culture of Europe.
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European exploitation
European exploitation is a collection of genres comprising Eurotica, Euro chic, European horror and Euro Trash Cinema.
History
18th and 19th century
The roots of European exploitation culture can be traced from the 18th and 19th centuries' darker strains of romanticism and the gothic novel to the late 19th century Decadent movement.
20th century
In the 20th century European exploitation culture found its outlet primarily in exploitation movies and in adult comic books.
By country
- Perverse Titillation: The Exploitation Cinema of Italy, Spain and France, 1960-1980 (2011) by Danny Shipka
- Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956-1984
- British exploitation
- Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema (2005) by Simon Sheridan
- British Low Culture: From Safari Suits to Sexploitation (1998) by Leon Hunt
- French exploitation
- Pulp Surrealism: Insolent Popular Culture in Early Twentieth-Century France (2000) by Robin Walz
- French Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Pulp Fiction (2000) by Jean-Marc Lofficier, Randy Lofficier
- German exploitation
- Italian exploitation
See also
- Euro trash
- European cinema
- European comics
- European culture
- European disco
- European erotica
- European horror
- American exploitation
- Exploitation culture
- European high culture
- European popular music
- Low culture
- European counterculture
- Popular culture