Brokerage and production in the American and French entertainment industries invisible hands in cultural markets

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

Other author/creator	Roussel, Violaine.
Other author/creator	Bielby, Denise D.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]
Description	vii, 212 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	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.

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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