{"product_id":"mobile-hollywood-labor-and-the-geography-of-production-paperback","title":"Mobile Hollywood: Labor and the Geography of Production - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin Sanson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contemporary film and television production is extraordinarily mobile. Filming large-scale studio productions in Atlanta, Budapest, London, Prague, or Australia's Gold Coast makes Hollywood jobs available to people and places far removed from Southern California--but it also requires individuals to uproot their lives as they travel around the world in pursuit of work. Drawing on interviews with a global contingent of film and television workers, Kevin Sanson weaves an analysis of the sheer scale and complexity of mobile production into a compelling account of the impact that mobility has had on job functions, working conditions, and personal lives. \u003ci\u003eMobile Hollywood \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures how an expanded geography of production not only intensifies the often invisible pressures that production workers now face but also stretches the parameters of screen-media labor far beyond craftwork and creativity.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eMobile Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e persuasively encourages major rethinking of how we understand the dynamics of transnational film and television production. Crucially, Kevin Sanson's attention to the lived experiences of media workers illuminates the everyday employment conditions, invisible logistical coordination tasks, and practical organizational frictions inherent in creating screen entertainment across global space.\"--Paul McDonald, author of \u003ci\u003eGeorge Clooney\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eMobile Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e deftly excavates the trend toward footloose production in the media industries. In this richly researched and theorized volume, Sanson explores how media workers around the world have adapted to transnational production demands. Every course in global media, media industries, and production studies should adopt this book.\"--Timothy Havens, author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Television Travels: African American Media around the Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eMobile Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e examines a conspicuous yet taken-for-granted characteristic of contemporary Hollywood: that the industry can be defined by its extraordinary mobility. Based on extensive fieldwork, Sanson provides a fascinating portrait of mobile film and TV productions and how mobility has reshaped Hollywood jobs, craft practices, and workers' lives.\"--Daniel Gómez Steinhart, author of \u003ci\u003eRunaway Hollywood: Internationalizing Postwar Production and Location Shooting\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The first monograph​ to articulate a perspective on Hollywood as international and mobile through a production studies lens, \u003ci\u003eMobile Hollywood \u003c\/i\u003etakes on a critical question in the discipline: Are media industries best described as place-based or global? Engagingly written and sharply observed, Sanson's latest book--firmly grounded in the experiences of film workers themselves--will be an invaluable contribution to the field.\"--Jade L. Miller, author of \u003ci\u003eNollywood Central: The Nigerian Videofilm Industry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Sanson\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of Media Studies at Queensland University of Technology and a coeditor of \u003ci\u003eVoices of Labor: Creativity, Craft, and Conflict in Global Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePrecarious Creativity: Global Media, Local Labor\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a cofounder and the editor of the academic journal \u003ci\u003eMedia Industries\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42137396641927,"sku":"9780520399006","price":62.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d71096af7d56602e2d93de0a75e4013b.webp?v=1732697311","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/mobile-hollywood-labor-and-the-geography-of-production-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}