Writing for Hire / Catherine L. Fisk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisk, Catherine L., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Professional writers may earn a tidy living for their work, but they seldom own their writing. Catherine Fisk traces the history of labor relations that defined authorship in film, TV, and advertising in the mid-twentieth century, showing why strikingly different norms of attribution emerged in these overlapping industries.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Abbreviations Used in the Text

Introduction

Act I: Beginnings

1. The Cloak of Anonymity and the Literary Gunman

2. The New Story System

Act II. Intersections

3. Agency-Built Storytelling

4. The Revolution Will Be Televised

5. The Writer's Share

Act III. Denouement

6. The Blacklist

7. Pencils for Hire and Mad Men in Gray Flannel Suits

Conclusion

Notes

Archival Sources

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-674-97318-6

OCLC:

979590347