A companion to American indie film

Content: Introduction / Geoff King --
Indie Culture. Indie Film as Indie Culture / Michael Z Newman --
The Making of the Indie Scene / Sherry B Ortner --
Indie as Organic / Geoff King --
Indie and Other Media. Quirky Culture / James MacDowell --
Independent Intersections / Jamie Sexton --
Post-Cinema Soderbergh / Mark Gallagher --
Criticism, Marketing, and Positioning Indie. Structuring Indie and Beasts of the Southern Wild / Erin Pearson --
Marketing American Indie in the Shadow of Hollywood / Finola Kerrigan --
Movements/Moments. Proto-Indie / Janet Staiger --
From Independent to Indie / Yannis Tzioumakis --
Going Mainstream / Thomas Schatz --
Looking through a Rearview Mirror / JJ Murphy --
Indie as Regional. The Pull of Place / Mary P Erickson --
Rural Crimewave / John Berra --
Aesthetics and Politics. Life During Wartime / Claire Perkins --
Indie Cinema and the Neoliberal Commodification of Creative Labor / Claire Molloy --
"They Believe Every Fuckin' Word Because You're Super Cool" / Stella Bruzzi --
The Craft of Independent Filmmaking / Warren Buckland --
Kickstarting Indie. Crowdfunding, Independence, Authorship / Chuck Tryon --
Go Digital or Go Dark / Sarah ES Sinwell --
Indie Acting and Stardom. Casing Indie Acting / Chris Holmlund --
Flexible Stardom / Paul McDonald. --
Includes index.