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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 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. 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...
