[Mobile ebook] Hollywood and the Culture Elite: How the Movies Became American (Film and Culture Series)
• Peter Decherney •
| #2244315 in Books | 2006-10-03 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.86 x.63 x5.96l,.82 | File Name: 0231133774 | 272 pages
||6 of 9 people found the following review helpful.| A Must for "Film Buffs"|By "M"|This book, HOLLYWOOD and THE CULTURE ELITE explores a most intriguing portion of the role of movies/ Hollywood during the early to mid 20th century. It is a factual, clearly written easy read for those of us intersted in the topic,but not necessarily a student of film history.
Peter Decherney, the author, deftly explains the impact,bot|From Publishers Weekly|Few people doubt the influence that Hollywood cinema has had on American culture, but to what extent has the city of illusions forged the American identity? In this rather dry examination, cinema studies professor Decherney posits that "m
As Americans flocked to the movies during the first part of the twentieth century, the guardians of culture grew worried about their diminishing influence on American art, education, and American identity itself. Meanwhile, Hollywood studio heads were eager to stabilize their industry, solidify their place in mainstream society, and expand their new but tenuous hold on American popular culture.
Peter Decherney explores how these needs coalesced and led to the de...
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