Hollywood fictions

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"More than just a place where movies were made, Hollywood in its "golden years" was a highly charged symbolic site in America. It was a focal point for mass desires and expectations and a symbol of cultural decay and crumbling social values. The popular fiction of those decades - including novels, short stories, essays, autobiographies, fan magazines, and trade journals - portrayed the town as a place where hope and failure in American life tragically and inevitably collided.". "John Parris Springer's incisive readings of these "Hollywood fictions" trace the contradictory ways in which Hollywood was represented and analyze the conflicting images it evoked."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: American fiction,  History and criticism,  In literature,  Motion picture actors and actresses in literature,  Motion picture industry in literature,  Motion pictures in literature,  Popular literature,  American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century,  Motion pictures and literature,  Popular literature, history and criticism,  Roman américain,  Histoire et critique,  Cinéma dans la littérature,  Paralittérature,  Acteurs de cinéma dans la littérature,  Actrices de cinéma dans la littérature,  Cinéma,  Industrie, dans la littérature,  Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) dans la littérature,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  American,  General,  Roman americain,  Cinema dans la litterature,  Paralitterature,  Acteurs de cinema dans la litterature,  Actrices de cinema dans la litterature,  Cinema,  Industrie, dans la litterature,  Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) dans la litterature,  Literature

Places: Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.),  United States

Times: 20th century