Hollywood : a very short introduction /
Decherney, Peter
Hollywood : a very short introduction / Peter Decherney. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2016 - 144 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions; n.461 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-134) and index.
Introduction : five theses on the history of Hollywood -- Before Hollywood -- The studio system -- Sound and the production code -- Hollywood at war -- The blacklist and Cold War -- The new Hollywood -- Home video and Indiewood -- Digital cinema and the internet.
"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"--
9780199943548 (pbk.)
2015015111
Motion picture industry--History.--California--Los Angeles
Motion pictures--History.--California--Los Angeles
Industria cinematográfica--Historia.--California (Los Angeles)
Cinematografía--Historia.--California (Los Angeles)
R AC 5 / V573
384/.80979494
Hollywood : a very short introduction / Peter Decherney. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2016 - 144 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions; n.461 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-134) and index.
Introduction : five theses on the history of Hollywood -- Before Hollywood -- The studio system -- Sound and the production code -- Hollywood at war -- The blacklist and Cold War -- The new Hollywood -- Home video and Indiewood -- Digital cinema and the internet.
"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"--
9780199943548 (pbk.)
2015015111
Motion picture industry--History.--California--Los Angeles
Motion pictures--History.--California--Los Angeles
Industria cinematográfica--Historia.--California (Los Angeles)
Cinematografía--Historia.--California (Los Angeles)
R AC 5 / V573
384/.80979494