America's Corporate Art: The Studio Authorship of Hollywood Motion Pictures (1929-2001)

by Jerome Christensen

Book Overview

Contrary to theories of single person authorship, America's Corporate Art argues that the corporate studio is the author of Hollywood motion pictures, both during the classical era of the studio system and beyond, when studios became players in global dramas staged by massive entertainment conglomerates. Hollywood movies are examples of a commodity that, until the digital age, was rare: a self-advertising artifact that markets the studio's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804778639
• ISBN13: 9780804778633
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.9"