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 Real
Chapter 2 - Mass Production of Dream
Chapter 3 - Taboos
Chapter 4 - Front Office
Chapter 5 -Men Who Play God
Chapter 6 - Lesser Gods, but Colossal
Chapter 7 -The Scribes
Chapter 8 - Assembling the Script
Chapter 9 - The Answers
Chapter 10 - Directors
Chapter 11 - Acting, in Hollywood
Chapter 12 - Stars
Chapter 13 - Actors are People
Chapter 14 - Emerging from Magic
Chapter 15 - Hollywood and the U.S.A.