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Anne Morey - Hollywood Outsiders: The Adaptation of the Film Industry, 1913-1934 - 9780816637324 - V9780816637324
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Hollywood Outsiders: The Adaptation of the Film Industry, 1913-1934

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Description for Hollywood Outsiders: The Adaptation of the Film Industry, 1913-1934 Hardback. Series: Commerce & Mass Culture S. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.

An innovative approach to the relationship between filmmaking and society during Hollywood’s golden age

The 1910s and 1920s witnessed the inception of a particular brand of negotiation between filmdom and its public in the United States. Hollywood, its proponents, and its critics sought to establish new connections between audience and industry, suggesting means by which Hollywood outsiders could become insiders. Hollywood Outsiders looks at how four disparate entities—the Palmer Photoplay correspondence school of screenwriting, juvenile series fiction about youngsters involved in the film industry, film appreciation and character education programs for high school students, and Catholic and Protestant efforts to use ... Read more

In its analysis of how four distinct groups, each addressing constituencies of various ages and degrees of social authority, defined their interest in the film industry, Hollywood Outsiders combines concrete discussions of cultural politics with a broader argument about how outsiders viewed the film industry as a vehicle of self-validation and of democratic ideals.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Series
Commerce & Mass Culture S.
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816637324
SKU
V9780816637324
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About Anne Morey
Anne Morey is assistant professor of English and performance studies at Texas A&M University.

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