Getting in and Getting on in Hollywood: Freelance Careers in an Uncertain Industry

Keith Randle, Nigel Culkin

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Abstract

Explores issues related to employment in the US film industry, reporting on a study carried out between June 1999 and March 2002 around the themes of 'getting in, staying in and getting on' in Hollywood (Los Angeles). The study set out to explore the experience of freelance workers within a sector changing rapidly a both a global and local level.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCreative Labour: working in the creative industries
EditorsAlan McKinlay, Chris Smith
Place of PublicationBasingstoke
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Pages93-115
Number of pages22
ISBN (Print)978-0-230-22200-7, 0230222005
Publication statusPublished - 2009

Publication series

NameCritical perspectives on work and employment
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan

Keywords

  • Creative labour
  • US film industry
  • Freelance working

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