Creative Labour: Working in the Creative Industries
- Author: McKinlay, Alan
- Author: Smith, Chris
Creative Labour: Working in the Creative Industries
- Author: McKinlay, Alan
- Author: Smith, Chris
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Creative Labour provides an insight into the unique employment issues affecting workers in film, television, theatre, arts, music, radio and new media.
In the UK alone, more than 1 million people work in the creative industries, generating billions of pounds in exports each year. These workers have to contend with elastic working hours, employment and promotion uncertainty and vigorous competition for each role. Creative Labour offers a contemporary perspective on a fascinating area of study and a rapidly growing area in developed economies.
Key benefits:
- Grasp the realities of work behind the industry façade
- Evaluate real-life case-studies through a flexible, critical mindset
- Tailor your management decisions to the needs of creative staff
Contents
- PART I : THEORY AND OVERVIEW.-
- Introduction Labour Process Analysis and Creative Industries; C.Smith& A.McKinlay.- Creative Labour: Contract, Content and Control; C.Smith& A.McKinlay.- From Conception to Consumption: Creativity and the Missing Managerial Link; P.Thompson, M.Jones& C.W
- PART II : CREATIVE LABOUR AND PRACTICE.- Film, Theatre and Television.- Still a 'Perfect World for Capital'? K.Randle& N.Culkin.- I Don't Know Where You Learn Them: Skills in Film and TV; I.Grugulis& D.Stoyanova.- Bringing Creativity to Market: Actors as
- PART III : NEW MEDIA.- Situating New Media Production: San Francisco, 1995-2000; A.Pratt.- Beyond the Hype: Working in the German Internet Industry; N.Mayer-Ahuja& H.Wolf.- The Organisation of Creativity: Content, Contracts and Control in Swedish Interact
