{"product_id":"production-culture-9780822340928","title":"Production Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn investigation of the cultural practices and belief systems of Los Angelesbased film and video production workers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eProduction Culture\u003c\/i\u003e offers a unified and thought-provoking interpretation of Hollywood’s cultural residues while also interfacing with the discourses reproduced by its workers and the processes of production in which these workers engage. What is more, this work calls attention to the fact that one need not be an anthropologist, or even an academic, to ‘do ethnography.’” - Sasha David, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Ethnologist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“For anyone interested in real 'behind the scenes' information regarding film and television production, \u003ci\u003eProduction Culture\u003c\/i\u003e will prove invaluable. It should also encourage an overdue reality check tilting critical attention away from over-hyped auteur analysis, and help give credit where credit is due in terms of who and what goes into increasingly complex media production.” - Sean Maher, \u003ci\u003eM\/C Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eProduction Culture\u003c\/i\u003e treats the film and television industries as important sites of cultural meaning that can enrich investigations of film and television texts, their production, and their reception. . . . \u003ci\u003eProduction Culture\u003c\/i\u003e is ground-breaking in scope and ambition. . . .” - Travis Vogan, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The strengths of \u003ci\u003eProduction Culture\u003c\/i\u003e are numerous and Caldwell provides a compelling study of an industry in flux. . . . \u003ci\u003eProduction Culture\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable addition to the growing literature exploring creative work and, in some senses, has opened a can of worms by exposing the potential for future work in this area. Many of the insights and conclusions drawn could be applied to the contemporary workplace more broadly, therefore its value moves beyond media and film studies to the sociology of work, industrial practices and management studies.” - Maggie Magor, \u003ci\u003eMedia, Culture, \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[T]he research itself is very insightful and there is much of value in the book. Caldwell skillfully negotiates the complications of studying an industrial culture that already invests significant efforts in producing analysis and critical knowledge about itself. He also rightly stresses the importance of this type of work in the field of film studies, noting ‘the need to reconsider how we study and understand cultures of production’ (342). As such, his work provides important tools for film scholars who would use industry materials as secondary sources in their analyses of individual films.” - Heather Macdougall, \u003ci\u003eScope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eProduction Culture\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunningly original contribution to film and television studies. John Thornton Caldwell’s argument—that we can learn a lot about the production of culture by looking at the cultures of production—is borne out in an analysis that ranges across texts, populations, and institutional and physical spaces. This is a superb book.”—\u003cb\u003eAnna McCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eAmbient Television: Visual Culture and Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“John Thornton Caldwell’s study of ‘production cultures’ adds enormously to our knowledge of a larger media culture. Descriptions of proper ‘uniforms’ for ‘pitch meetings,’ executive autobiographical narratives, trade press accounts—such details, large and small, become sites for rich analysis. The result is a distinct perspective on how television and film are created and, more significantly, on how the creators understand and explain their work.”—\u003cb\u003eHorace Newcomb\u003c\/b\u003e, Director of the Peabody Awards and Professor of Telecommunications, University of Georgia\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eProduction Culture\u003c\/i\u003e offers a unified and thought-provoking interpretation of Hollywood’s cultural residues while also interfacing with the discourses reproduced by its workers and the processes of production in which these workers engage. What is more, this work calls attention to the fact that one need not be an anthropologist, or even an academic, to ‘do ethnography.’” -- Sasha David * American Ethnologist *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eProduction Culture\u003c\/i\u003e treats the film and television industries as important sites of cultural meaning that can enrich investigations of film and television texts, their production, and their reception. . . . \u003ci\u003eProduction Culture\u003c\/i\u003e is ground-breaking in scope and ambition. . . .” -- Travis Vogan * Journal of Popular Culture *\u003cbr\u003e“[T]he research itself is very insightful and there is much of value in the book. Caldwell skillfully negotiates the complications of studying an industrial culture that already invests significant efforts in producing analysis and critical knowledge about itself. He also rightly stresses the importance of this type of work in the field of film studies, noting ‘the need to reconsider how we study and understand cultures of production’ (342). As such, his work provides important tools for film scholars who would use industry materials as secondary sources in their analyses of individual films.” -- Heather Macdougall * Scope *\u003cbr\u003e“For anyone interested in real 'behind the scenes' information regarding film and television production, \u003ci\u003eProduction Culture\u003c\/i\u003e will prove invaluable. It should also encourage an overdue reality check tilting critical attention away from over-hyped auteur analysis, and help give credit where credit is due in terms of who and what goes into increasingly complex media production.” -- Sean Maher * M\/C Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e“The strengths of \u003ci\u003eProduction Culture\u003c\/i\u003e are numerous and Caldwell provides a compelling study of an industry in flux. . . . \u003ci\u003eProduction Culture\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable addition to the growing literature exploring creative work and, in some senses, has opened a can of worms by exposing the potential for future work in this area. Many of the insights and conclusions drawn could be applied to the contemporary workplace more broadly, therefore its value moves beyond media and film studies to the sociology of work, industrial practices and management studies.” -- Maggie Magor * Media, Culture \u0026amp; Society *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Industry Reflexivity and Common Sense 1\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Trade Stories and Career Capital 37\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Trade Rituals and Turf Marking 69\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Trade Images and Imagined Communities (Below the Line) 110\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Trade Machines and Manufactured Identities (Below the Line) 150\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Industrial Auteur Theory (Above the Line\/Creative) 197\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Industrial Identity Theory (Above the Line\/Business) 232\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: Industrial Reflexivity as Viral Marketing 274\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Shoot-Outs, Bake-Offs, and Speed Dating (Manic Disclosure\/Non-Disclosure 316\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1: Method: Artifacts and Cultural Practices in Production Studies 345\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2: A Taxonomy of DVD Bonus Track Strategies and Functions 362\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 3: Practitioner Avowal\/Disavowal (Industrial Doublespeak) 368\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 4: Corporate Reflexivity vs. Worker Reflexivity (The Two Warring Flipsides of Industrial Self-Disclosure) 370\u003cbr\u003e Notes 373\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited 433\u003cbr\u003e Index 445","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138190737751,"sku":"9780822340928","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822340928.jpg?v=1751918373","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/production-culture-9780822340928","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}