{"product_id":"voices-of-labor-creativity-craft-and-conflict-in-global-hollywood-paperback","title":"Voices of Labor: Creativity, Craft, and Conflict in Global Hollywood - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Curtin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKevin Sanson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMotion pictures are \u003ci\u003emade\u003c\/i\u003e, not mass produced, requiring a remarkable collection of skills, self-discipline, and sociality--all of which are sources of enormous pride among Hollywood's craft and creative workers. The interviews collected here showcase the ingenuity, enthusiasm, and aesthetic pleasures that attract people to careers in the film and television industries. They also reflect critically on changes in the workplace brought about by corporate conglomeration and globalization. Rather than offer publicity-friendly anecdotes by marquee celebrities, \u003ci\u003eVoices of Labor\u003c\/i\u003e presents off-screen observations about the everyday realities of Global Hollywood. Ranging across job categories--from showrunner to make-up artist to location manager--this collection features voices of labor from Los Angeles, Atlanta, Prague, and Vancouver. Together they show how seemingly abstract concepts like conglomeration, financialization, and globalization are crucial tools for understanding contemporary Hollywood and for reflecting more generally on changes and challenges in the screen media workplace and our culture at large. Despite such formidable concerns, what nevertheless shines through is a commitment to craftwork and collaboration that provides the means to imagine and instigate future alternatives for screen media labor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis remarkable collection of interviews with screen industry professionals--from costume designers to location managers--is essential reading for anyone interested in how Hollywood actually works. \u003ci\u003eVoices of Labor \u003c\/i\u003eis a unique account of the contemporary conditions, experiences, and organization of media workers and is an important contribution to media industry research.--Ramon Lobato, author of \u003ci\u003eShadow Economies of Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"By listening carefully to their interlocutors, Michael Curtin and Kevin Sanson craft a powerful elegy for organized labor, demonstrating how critical theory is sung to the everyday rhythms of the workplace.\"--Vicki Mayer, author of \u003ci\u003eAlmost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans: The Lure of the Local Film Economy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Curtin and Sanson have assembled a star-studded cast of entertainment industry professionals with diverse talents, backgrounds, and perspectives. They tell a varied but consistent tale of the importance of organized labor and the challenges it faces when pitted against the forces of media consolidation and globalization, all set in that magical company town known as Hollywood.\"--Patric M. Verrone, writer and producer, former president, Writers Guild of America, West\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Curtin\u003c\/b\u003e is Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp Professor of Film and Media Studies and director of the Global Dynamics Initiative at University of California, Santa Barbara. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Sanson\u003c\/b\u003e is a lecturer in the Creative Industries Faculty at Queensland University of Technology and managing editor of \u003ci\u003eMedia Industries\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53301443166515,"sku":"9780520295438","price":69.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/oSOVEbsdS89780520295438.webp?v=1777512676","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/voices-of-labor-creativity-craft-and-conflict-in-global-hollywood-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}