Rewind, Replay - Britain and the Video Boom, 1978-92 (Paperback)

Rewind, Replay is the first history of Britain’s video boom. It considers the earliest video distributors who, from the late 1970s, took chances on a wide range of films and other programmes to attract consumer interest. It also addresses the phenomenon of the video shop, the speed with which video rental became a habitual practice among the British public, and the key industry players who, at the height of a recession, invested wholesale into what contemporaneous media reportage was describing as a mere ‘plaything’. Media historian Johnny Walker explores how distributors and store owners navigated various pressures including piracy, the video nasties moral panic and market rationalisation, as well as significant developments including the introduction of new legislation bespoke to the video medium and the corporate expansion of the industry in the late 1980s and early 1990s, to show how the pre-recorded videocassette, over the course of a few years, became a staple of high street retail.

General

Imprint:	Edinburgh University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2022
Authors:	Johnny Walker
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-1-4744-5448-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > General
LSN:	1-4744-5448-8
Barcode:	9781474454483

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!