Precarious Creativity: Global Media, Local Labor
Curtin, Michael
Precarious Creativity: Global Media, Local Labor - Oakland, California University of California Press 2016 - 1 electronic resource (336 p.)
Open Access
Precarious Creativity examines the seismic changes confronting media workers in an age of globalization and corporate conglomeration. This pathbreaking anthology peeks behind the hype and supposed glamor of screen media industries to reveal the intensifying pressures and challenges workers face. The authors take on crucial issues and provide insightful case studies of workplace dynamics regarding creativity, collaboration, exploitation, and cultural difference. Furthermore, they investigate working conditions and organizing efforts on all six continents, offering comprehensive analysis of contemporary screen media labor in places such as Lagos, Prague, Hollywood, and Hyderabad, across a range of job categories that includes visual effects, production services, and adult entertainment. With contributions from John Caldwell, Vicki Mayer, Herman Gray, Tejaswini Ganti, and others, this collection offers timely critiques of media globalization and broader debates about labor, creativity, and precarity.
Creative Commons
English
luminos.10 9780520964808
10.1525/luminos.10 doi
Films, cinema
Media studies
Globalization
Sociology: work & labour
globalization mass media precarious employment labor
Precarious Creativity: Global Media, Local Labor - Oakland, California University of California Press 2016 - 1 electronic resource (336 p.)
Open Access
Precarious Creativity examines the seismic changes confronting media workers in an age of globalization and corporate conglomeration. This pathbreaking anthology peeks behind the hype and supposed glamor of screen media industries to reveal the intensifying pressures and challenges workers face. The authors take on crucial issues and provide insightful case studies of workplace dynamics regarding creativity, collaboration, exploitation, and cultural difference. Furthermore, they investigate working conditions and organizing efforts on all six continents, offering comprehensive analysis of contemporary screen media labor in places such as Lagos, Prague, Hollywood, and Hyderabad, across a range of job categories that includes visual effects, production services, and adult entertainment. With contributions from John Caldwell, Vicki Mayer, Herman Gray, Tejaswini Ganti, and others, this collection offers timely critiques of media globalization and broader debates about labor, creativity, and precarity.
Creative Commons
English
luminos.10 9780520964808
10.1525/luminos.10 doi
Films, cinema
Media studies
Globalization
Sociology: work & labour
globalization mass media precarious employment labor