Hollywood, the dream factory : an anthropologist looks at the movie-makers

2013 Reprint of 1950 Edition.Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software.Powdermaker’s study of the Hollywood film industry was an early example of anthropological research on contemporary American society.Her observations of the tensions between business and art in the film world led her to suggest that the social relations of the filmmaking process significantly affect the content and meaning of movies.Chapters include:Chapter 1 – Habitat and People, Mythical and RealChapter 2 – Mass Production of DreamChapter 3 – TaboosChapter 4 – Front OfficeChapter 5 -Men Who Play GodChapter 6 – Lesser Gods, but ColossalChapter 7 -The ScribesChapter 8 – Assembling the ScriptChapter 9 – The AnswersChapter 10 – DirectorsChapter 11 – Acting, in HollywoodChapter 12 – StarsChapter 13 – Actors are PeopleChapter 14 – Emerging from MagicChapter 15 – Hollywood and the U.S.A.