1680 Pages
by Routledge

'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... Read more
Volume I: Historical Dimensions: The Development of the American Film Industry
Early American Cinema and the Emergence of Hollywood
The Classical Hollywood Era
Postwar Transformation: Hollywood in the Age of Television The New Hollywood

Volume II: Formal-Aesthetic Dimensions: Authorship, Genre, and Stardom
Authorship and Genre
The Star System and Star Studies
Case Study in Film Authorship: Alfred Hitchcock

Volume III: Social Dimensions: Technology, Regulation, and Audience
Hollywood Responds to (New) Motion Picture Technologies Regulating Movie Content
Hollywood and Washington
Movie Audiences

Volume IV: Cultural Dimensions: Ideology, Identity, and Culture Industry Studies
Film and Ideology
Representation(s) of Gender and Sexuality
Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Identity
Movie Marketing in the New Hollywood

Biography

Edited by Thomas Schatz