An edition of Representing talent
(2017)
Representing talent
Hollywood agents and the making of movies
by Violaine Roussel
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Table of Contents
Prologue : an agent at work
Introduction. The invention of agenting ; Filling a lacuna in the sociology of Hollywood ; Facing stereotypes ; In the field with Hollywood agents ; What this book unveils : agents and (e)valuation communities
Mapping Hollywood. Agenting in big versus little Hollywood ; "The other side" : interdependent transformations of studios and agencies ; The new reality of agenting in big Hollywood
The making of professionals in talent agencies. "Fulfilling somebody else's dreams" ; An agent's initiatory path ; Under the wing of a mentor ; Forming "generations" in Hollywood
Agenting as relationship work. The meaning of relationships ; The definition of an agent's style ; "Trust" between agents and production professionals
Agents and artists : enchanted bonds and power relations. Agents' emotional competence ; Controlling talent? ; Embedded identities and hierarchies
Naming quality and pricing talent. Agents in Hollywood's evaluation communities ; "What it takes to get a movie made" ; Pricing the unique
Agents of change : the formation of new evaluation communities.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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