Hollywood, the Dream Factory: An Anthropologist Looks at the Movie-Makers

Table of contents

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• Title Page *
• Acknowledgments *
• Contents *
• Introduction - Why an Anthropologist Studied Hollywood 3
• Chapter I - Habitat and People, Mythical and Real 16
• Chapter II - Mass Production of Dreams 39
• Chapter III - Taboos 54
• Chapter IV - Front Office 82
• Chapter V - Men Who Play God 100
• Chapter VI - Lesser Gods, but Colossal 111
• Chapter VII - The Scribes 131
• Chapter VIII - Assembling the Script 150
• Chapter IX - The Answers 170
• Chapter X - Directors 185
• Chapter XI - Acting, in Hollywood 205
• Chapter XII - Stars 228

• Title Page *
• Acknowledgments *
• Contents *
• Introduction - Why an Anthropologist Studied Hollywood 3
• Chapter I - Habitat and People, Mythical and Real 16
• Chapter II - Mass Production of Dreams 39
• Chapter III - Taboos 54
• Chapter IV - Front Office 82
• Chapter V - Men Who Play God 100
• Chapter VI - Lesser Gods, but Colossal 111
• Chapter VII - The Scribes 131
• Chapter VIII - Assembling the Script 150
• Chapter IX - The Answers 170
• Chapter X - Directors 185
• Chapter XI - Acting, in Hollywood 205
• Chapter XII - Stars 228
• Chapter XIII - Actors Are People 254
• Chapter XIV - Emerging from Magic 281
• Chapter XV - Hollywood and the U.S.A. 307
• Index 333