Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans
Early in the twenty-first century, Louisiana, one of the poorest states in the United States, redirected millions in tax dollars from the public coffers in an effort to become the top location site globally for the production of Hollywood films and television series. Why would lawmakers support such...
Saved in:
| Hovedforfatter: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Online |
| Sprog: | engelsk |
| Udgivet: |
University of California Press
2021
|
| Fag: | |
| Online adgang: | OCN: 961035115 |
| Tags: |
Ingen Tags, Vær først til at tagge denne postø!
|
| _version_ | 1869517970141609984 |
|---|---|
| author | Mayer, Vicki |
| author_browse | Mayer, Vicki |
| author_facet | Mayer, Vicki |
| author_sort | Mayer, Vicki |
| collection | Directory of Open Access Books |
| description | Early in the twenty-first century, Louisiana, one of the poorest states in the United States, redirected millions in tax dollars from the public coffers in an effort to become the top location site globally for the production of Hollywood films and television series. Why would lawmakers support such a policy? Why would citizens accept the policy’s uncomfortable effects on their economy and culture? Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans addresses these questions through a study of the local and everyday experiences of the film economy in New Orleans, Louisiana—a city that has twice taken the mantle of becoming a movie production capital. From the silent era to today’s Hollywood South, Vicki Mayer explains that the aura of a film economy is inseparable from a prevailing sense of home, even as it changes that place irrevocably. “A scathing critique of the economic realities and broken promises of Hollywood South, told in rich ethnographic detail and passionately argued through Vicki Mayer’s deep connection to New Orleans. This is a vital book.” -NITIN GOVIL, author of Orienting Hollywood: A Century of Film Culture between Los Angeles and Bombay “Mayer guides readers through the numbers and arguments behind Louisiana’s costly love affair with the film industry and raises important questions over whether the state’s citizens are getting their money’s worth.” -STEPHANIE GRACE, columnist, The New Orleans Advocate “A visionary in the study of cultural labor, economy, and geography, Mayer is that rare writer who combines exquisite storytelling with rigorous scholarship. This is an essential contribution to film and media studies, and an urgent history lesson for policy makers.” -MELISSA GREGG, author of Work’s Intimacy VICKI MAYER is Professor of Communication at Tulane University. She is coeditor of the journal Television & New Media and author or editor of several books and journal articles about media production, creative industries, and cultural work. |
| format | Online |
| id | doab-20.500.12854ir-34050 |
| institution | Directory of Open Access Books |
| language | eng |
| publishDate | 2021 |
| publishDateRange | 2021 |
| publishDateSort | 2021 |
| publisher | University of California Press |
| publisherStr | University of California Press |
| record_format | ojs |
| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-340502025-03-27T22:45:56Z Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans Mayer, Vicki Social Science Media Studies Social Science Sociology Urban Performing Arts Film General thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSD Urban communities thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATF Films, cinema thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATJ Television Early in the twenty-first century, Louisiana, one of the poorest states in the United States, redirected millions in tax dollars from the public coffers in an effort to become the top location site globally for the production of Hollywood films and television series. Why would lawmakers support such a policy? Why would citizens accept the policy’s uncomfortable effects on their economy and culture? Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans addresses these questions through a study of the local and everyday experiences of the film economy in New Orleans, Louisiana—a city that has twice taken the mantle of becoming a movie production capital. From the silent era to today’s Hollywood South, Vicki Mayer explains that the aura of a film economy is inseparable from a prevailing sense of home, even as it changes that place irrevocably. “A scathing critique of the economic realities and broken promises of Hollywood South, told in rich ethnographic detail and passionately argued through Vicki Mayer’s deep connection to New Orleans. This is a vital book.” -NITIN GOVIL, author of Orienting Hollywood: A Century of Film Culture between Los Angeles and Bombay “Mayer guides readers through the numbers and arguments behind Louisiana’s costly love affair with the film industry and raises important questions over whether the state’s citizens are getting their money’s worth.” -STEPHANIE GRACE, columnist, The New Orleans Advocate “A visionary in the study of cultural labor, economy, and geography, Mayer is that rare writer who combines exquisite storytelling with rigorous scholarship. This is an essential contribution to film and media studies, and an urgent history lesson for policy makers.” -MELISSA GREGG, author of Work’s Intimacy VICKI MAYER is Professor of Communication at Tulane University. She is coeditor of the journal Television & New Media and author or editor of several books and journal articles about media production, creative industries, and cultural work. 2021-02-10T14:13:37Z 2021-02-10T14:13:37Z 2020-12-15T13:58:00Z 2017 book OCN: 961035115 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/43783 9780520967175 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/34050 eng open access image/png image/png image/png n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43783/1/external_content.epub https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43783/1/external_content.epub https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43783/1/external_content.epub University of California Press University of California Press https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.25 https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.25 19856893-4bf2-4e3e-9137-c7692d64e4c1 Knowledge Unlatched 9780520967175 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) University of California Press open access |
| spellingShingle | Social Science Media Studies Social Science Sociology Urban Performing Arts Film General thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSD Urban communities thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATF Films, cinema thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATJ Television Mayer, Vicki Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans |
| title | Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans |
| title_full | Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans |
| title_fullStr | Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans |
| title_full_unstemmed | Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans |
| title_short | Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans |
| title_sort | almost hollywood nearly new orleans |
| topic | Social Science Media Studies Social Science Sociology Urban Performing Arts Film General thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSD Urban communities thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATF Films, cinema thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATJ Television |
| topic_facet | Social Science Media Studies Social Science Sociology Urban Performing Arts Film General thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSD Urban communities thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATF Films, cinema thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATJ Television |
| url | OCN: 961035115 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT mayervicki almosthollywoodnearlyneworleans |