Brokerage and production in the American and French entertainment industries invisible hands in cultural markets / edited by Violaine Roussel and Denise Bielby.
| Other author | Roussel, Violaine. |
| Other author | Bielby, Denise D. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015] |
| Description | vii, 212 pages : illustration ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: cultural brokerage in the American and French film and television industries / Violaine Roussel and Denise Bielby -- Agents, agenting, agencies. Twenty-four years of agenting / Harry J. Ufland -- Talent agencies and the market for screenwriters: from the origins of packaging to today's transformations / Denise Bielby -- The talent agent's role in producing artists' symbolic and commercial value in France / Delphine Naudier -- The market for actresses: gender, reputation, and intermediation in French pornography / Mathieu Trachman -- The emergence of Hollywood talent agents / Violaine Roussel -- Behind the scenes of production. The choice between a good job and a good life / Bill Mechanic -- The importance of being ordinary: brokering talent in the new-tv era / Laura Grindstaff and Vicki Mayer -- "This is the girl": the social division of recruitment in the French film industry / Vincent Cardon -- Film offices as brokers: cultivating and connecting local talent to Hollywood / Candace Jones and Pacey Foster -- Overlapping temporalities in project-based work: the case of independent producers in the French movie industry / Laure de Verdalle. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015000321 |
| ISBN | 9780739193136 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |