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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788118703321

Titolo

Brokerage and production in the American and French entertainment industries : invisible hands in cultural markets / / edited by Violaine Roussel and Denise D. Bielby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015

©2015

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Disciplina

384/.83

Soggetti

Motion picture industry - United States - History - 20th century

Theatrical agents - United States - History - 20th century

Theatrical agencies - United States - History - 20th century

Television broadcasting - United States - History - 20th century

Motion picture industry - France - History - 20th century

Motion pictures - Production and direction - United States - History - 20th century

Theatrical agents - France - History - 20th century

Theatrical agencies - France - History - 20th century

Motion pictures - Production and direction - France - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; I: Agents, Agenting, Agencies; 2 Twenty-Four Years of Agenting; 3 Talent Agencies and the Market for Screenwriters; 4 The Talent Agent's Role in Producing Artists' Symbolic and Commercial Value in France; 5 The Market for Actresses; 6 The Emergence of Hollywood Agents; 7 "It's Not the Network, It's the Relationship"; II: Behind the Scenes of Production; 8 The Choice between a Good Job and a Good Life; 9 The Importance of Being Ordinary; 10 "This Is the Girl"; 11 Film Offices as Brokers; 12 Overlapping Temporalities in Project-Based Work; Index

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Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>This book shines unprecedented light on the activity of talent representatives and production professionals in the American and French film and television industries. Empirically grounded contributions show the crucial impact of such entertainment professionals on the making of artistic careers and cultural products.  </span></span>