{"product_id":"not-hollywood-9780822354260","title":"Not Hollywood","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe pioneering anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner explores the culture and practices of independent filmmaking in the U.S., arguing that during the past three decades, independent cinema has provided vital cultural critique.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[T]his is an accessible, enjoyable and original study which will interest anyone concerned with the relationship between culture and economic forces, and which makes a distinctive contribution to the current anthropology of neoliberalism. Finally, it will awaken your curiosity about the range of American independent film, and encourage you to test your own thoughts and reactions against Ortner’s analysis – which is, no doubt, just as its author would wish.” -- Fenella Cannell * Anthropology of This Century *\u003cbr\u003e“For a general overview of American independent cinema and how it fits into broader changes in U.S.society as a whole, Ortner’s book offers a comparatively light yet thoroughly engaging study.” -- Alison Frank * Film Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e“An original interpretation of film and public culture that addresses the nexus of anthropology and film studies. Best suited for anthropologists interested in contemporary visual culture and film professionals looking for perspective outside the film industry.” -- Robin Chin Roemer * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e“[A]n excellent account of how value is formed by and for independent cinema via the producers who drive the productions into the marketplace. The sociological-ethnographic focus on production in the book amounts to an excellent contribution to the understanding of the process of production in the sector, rather than simply its products. Ortner’s book is also highly readable and engaging, and will provide an excellent text for anyone who teaches undergraduates in either practice- or theory-based production studies.” -- Steven Rawle * Scope *\u003cbr\u003e“The major accomplishment of \u003ci\u003eNot Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e is the way Ortner seamlessly pulls together her analyses of independent film, neoliberalism, generation and class. The result is a timely and insightful book.” -- Lara McKenzie * PopAnth *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eNot Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e is an outstanding example of how anthropology could foster non-conventional perspectives in the study of film, and of contemporary ‘Western’ societies more generally. Ortner is successful in constructing a fundamentally anthropological analysis, taking seriously the world of film production as any other cultural phenomenon. This book constitutes one of the rare published studies about film production from an anthropological perspective, and is thus a greatly appreciated and major contribution to the field of media anthropology.”  -- María-Paz Peirano * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *\u003cbr\u003e“Ortner once again contributes much-needed analysis to understanding social class in the United States. Expertly combining a Geertzian approach to culture with a Marxist and Gramscian approach to power, she explores the links between the transformation in American class structure over the past four decades and the cultural shifts of our neoliberal age. Ortner is, as ever, brilliant at making difficult concepts accessible. At a moment when it may seem that anthropologists could have little more to say about neoliberalism, she uncovers its cultural effects in a clear, insightful, and absorbing way.” -- Naomi Schiller * American Ethnologist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Notes for the Reader xiii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Making Independence 29\u003cbr\u003e 2. Dark Indies 59\u003cbr\u003e 3. Making the Scene 91\u003cbr\u003e 4. Moral Ambiguity 121\u003cbr\u003e 5. Making Value 147\u003cbr\u003e 6. Film Feminism 173\u003cbr\u003e 7. Making Films 199\u003cbr\u003e 8. Politics 229\u003cbr\u003e 9. Conclusions 259\u003cbr\u003e Filmography 273\u003cbr\u003e Notes 285\u003cbr\u003e References 299\u003cbr\u003e Index 315","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406074913111,"sku":"9780822354260","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822354260.jpg?v=1730494440","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/not-hollywood-9780822354260","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}