An investigation of the cultural practices and belief systems of Los Angeles based film and video production workers.
"In Production Culture, John Thornton Caldwell investigates the cultural practices and belief systems of Los Angeles-based film and video production workers: not only those in prestigious positions such as producers and directors but also many "below-the-line" laborers, includin…
Bodroghkozy argues that, in order to woo an increasingly lucrative baby boomer audience, television had to appeal to the social and political values of a generation of young people who were enmeshed in the hippie counterculture, the antiwar movement, campus protests, urban gueri…
Explores the discrepancy between youth culture as it unfolded on the streets and how it was packaged as lowest-common-denominator mass entertainment. Includes Skip Williamson's vintage comic strip and information on the Monkees.