Hollywood Beyond the Screen: Design and Material Culture

by Anne Massey

Book Overview

Hollywood has exerted a profound influence on British style and design. From its earliest days, Hollywood glamour in the form of make-up, hairstyles, and fashion was mimicked by women throughout Britain. But the influence of Hollywood was more than skin-deep. Nearly every form of British material culture in the twentieth century has been influenced to some extent by American style, disseminated through the medium of film to a broad and receptive market.With...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859733212
• ISBN13: 9781859733219
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Avante garde..not for novice

This is for filmography/Cinematographers,writ by a Brit,who rode BSA with Hell's Angels,she's insightfull,in Postscript-on impact of "Easy Rider". Intro is treament on feminism..ancestoral back ground...too academic.