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Hollywood : a very short introduction

Decherney, Peter. (Author).

Summary: "Peter Decherney tells the story of Hollywood, from its nineteenth-century origins to the emergence of internet media empires. Using well-known movies, stars, and directors, the book shows that the elements we take to be a natural part of the Hollywood experience--stars, genre-driven storytelling, blockbuster franchises, etc.--are the product of cultural, political, and commercial forces"--

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  • ISBN: 9780199943548
  • ISBN: 0199943540
  • Physical Description: print
    144 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
  • Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-134) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction: Five Theses on the History of Hollywood -- 1. Before Hollywood -- 2. The Studio System -- 3. Sound and the Production Code -- 4. Hollywood at War -- 5. The Blacklist and the Cold War -- 6. The New Hollywood -- 7. Home Video and Indiewood -- 8. Digital Cinema and the Internet.
Subject: Motion picture industry California Los Angeles History
Motion pictures California Los Angeles History

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Hollywood: a Very Short Introduction
Hollywood: a Very Short Introduction
by Decherney, Peter
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Hollywood: a Very Short Introduction

Peter Decherney is Professor of Cinema Studies and English at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author or editor of five books including Hollywood's Copyright Wars: From Edison to the Internet. Professor Decherney has been an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scholar, a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies, and a U.S. State Department Arts Envoy to Myanmar. He has received multiple teaching awards and is a Forbes.com contributor.

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