Author : Thomas Schatz
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415281355
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (813 download)
Book Synopsis Hollywood: Cultural dimensions: ideology, identity and cultural industry studies by : Thomas Schatz
Download or read book Hollywood: Cultural dimensions: ideology, identity and cultural industry studies written by Thomas Schatz and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Hollywood' as a concept applies variously to a particular film style, a factory-based mode of film production, a cartel of powerful media institutions and a national (and increasingly global) 'way of seeing'. It is a complex social, cultural and industrial phenomenon and is arguably the single most important site of cultural production over the past century. This collection brings together journal articles, published essays, book chapters and excerpts which explore Hollywood as a social, economic, industrial, aesthetic and political force, and as a complex historical entity.