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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462140203321

Autore

Trope Alison

Titolo

Stardust monuments [[electronic resource] ] : the saving and selling of Hollywood / / Alison Trope

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hanover, N.H., : Dartmouth College Press, c2011

ISBN

1-280-01063-0

9786613512321

1-61168-195-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Interfaces, studies in visual culture

Disciplina

384.80979494

384/.80979494

Soggetti

Motion picture industry - California - Los Angeles - History

Popular culture - California - Los Angeles - History

Electronic books.

Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Description and travel

Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Spotlight Hollywood: the power of place -- Essential Hollywood: curating motion picture history in the museum -- The great whatzit? self-service meets public service in the Hollywood Museum -- Out of bounds: remapping Hollywood as themed experience -- Hollywood in a box: channeling Hollywood through home entertainment -- Handheld Hollywood.

Sommario/riassunto

Hollywood is placeless, timeless, and iconic, a key fabricator and forger of American cultural myths and stories. How, then, will the history of Hollywood be written?