The Crash Controversy Author:Martin Barker, Jane Arthurs, Ramaswami Harindranath This book, which draws on a year-long investigation funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, offers a series of important and challenging findings on an almost unprecedented campaign mounted in 1996-97 by the British press against one film: David Cronenberg's Crash. What motivated this campaign? What can it tell us about Briti... more »sh film culture? What impact did the campaign have on general audiences? The Crash Controversy is a major contribution to our understanding of censorship campaigns, how audiences respond to films of a controversial nature, and the strategies employed in engaging with such texts.« less