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Hollywood by Hollywood : the backstudio picture and the mystique of making movies / Steven Cohan.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2019Description: x, 270 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780190865771 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0190865776 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.4309794/93
LOC classification:
  • PN 1995.9 C678h 2019
Contents:
Introduction: the backstudio picture -- Self-reflexive Hollywood -- Elusive Hollywood -- Movie-struck Hollywood -- Monstrous Hollywood -- Masculine Hollywood -- Historical Hollywood -- Virtual Hollywood -- Conclusion.
Summary: The backstudio picture, or the movie about movie-making, harks back to the silent era and extends to the present day. Covering the hundred-year timespan of feature length film production, this original study of a longstanding yet unrecognized genre offers an illuminating perspective for considering anew the history of American movies.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN 1995.9 C678h 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000193137

Includes filmography.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-257) and index.

Introduction: the backstudio picture -- Self-reflexive Hollywood -- Elusive Hollywood -- Movie-struck Hollywood -- Monstrous Hollywood -- Masculine Hollywood -- Historical Hollywood -- Virtual Hollywood -- Conclusion.

The backstudio picture, or the movie about movie-making, harks back to the silent era and extends to the present day. Covering the hundred-year timespan of feature length film production, this original study of a longstanding yet unrecognized genre offers an illuminating perspective for considering anew the history of American movies.

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