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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Violaine Roussel and Denise Bielby - Contributions by Denise Bielby; Vincent Cardon; Pacey Foster; Laura Grindstaff; Candace Jones; Tom Kemper; Vicki Mayer; Bill Mechanic; Delphine Naudier; Violaine Roussel; Mathieu Trachman; Harry J. Ufland and Klappentext Invisible Hands in Cultural Markets shines unprecedented light on the activity of talent representatives and production professionals in the American and French film and television industries. Agents and other talent brokers, studio executives, independent producers, casting directors, and film offices—all operate and interact behind the scenes in ways that are consequential to the making of artistic careers and cultural products. But even as these professionals play a crucial role in the entertainment industry, their activity is usually invisible and relatively unknown. This collection of empirically grounded contributions by established and up-and-coming American and French scholars reveals their day-to-day reality. It presents how entertainment industry professionals work and what they experience, demonstrates the ways in which they build relationships with artists and other counterparts, and examines the role they play in shaping the content of film and television projects. Taken together, the chapters put the brokerage of talent and content in comparative perspective. They also challenge taken-for-granted approaches to the study of cultural industries and explore the complex intertwining between commercial and artistic logics. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Introduction: Cultural Brokerage in the American and French Film and Television Industries, Violaine Roussel and Denise Bielby Part I. Agents, Agenting, Agencies Chapter 2: Twenty-Four Years of Agenting, Harry J. UflandChapter 3: Talent Agencies and the Market for Screenwriters: From the Origins of Packaging to Today's Transformations, Denise BielbyChapter 4: The Talent Agent's Role in Producing Artists' Symbolic and Commercial Value in France, Delphine NaudierChapter 5: The Market for Actresses: Gender, Reputation, and Intermediation in French Pornography, Mathieu TrachmanChapter 6: The Emergence of Hollywood Agents, Tom Kemper Chapter 7: "It's Not the Network: It's the Relationship": The Relational Work of Hollywood Talent Agents, Violaine RousselPart II. Behind the Scenes of ProductionChapter 8: The Choice between a Good Job and a Good Life, Bill MechanicChapter 9: The Importance of Being Ordinary: Brokering Talent in the New-TV Era, Laura Grindstaff and Vicki MayerChapter 10: "This Is the Girl": The Social Division of Recruitment in the French Film Industry, Vincent CardonChapter 11: Film Offices as Brokers: Cultivating and Connecting Local Talent to Hollywood, Candace Jones and Pacey FosterChapter 12: Overlapping Temporalities in Project-Based Work: The Case of Independent Producers in the French Movie Industry, Laure de Verdalle...
