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Erin Hill - Never Done: A History of Women´s Work in Media Production - 9780813574875 - V9780813574875
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Never Done: A History of Women´s Work in Media Production

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Description for Never Done: A History of Women´s Work in Media Production Hardback. .
Winner of the 2018 Best First Book Award from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS)​

Histories of women in Hollywood usually recount the contributions of female directors, screenwriters, designers, actresses, and other creative personnel whose names loom large in the credits. Yet, from its inception, the American film industry relied on the labor of thousands more women, workers whose vital contributions often went unrecognized.  Never Done introduces generations of women who worked behind the scenes in the film industry—from the employees’ wives who hand-colored the Edison Company’s films frame-by-frame, to the female immigrants who toiled in MGM’s ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813574875
SKU
V9780813574875
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Erin Hill
ERIN HILL worked in film development before returning to academia to study the media industry. She is currently a visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Dartmouth College’s Foreign Study Program in Los Angeles.  

Reviews for Never Done: A History of Women´s Work in Media Production
"In addition to its commendable social agenda, Never Done's meticulous research, direct, elegant prose, and novel approach to an under-researched topic secure its status as an essential contribution to film history."
Film Quarterly
"Erin Hill's book is an eye opening look at 'women's work' in the entertainment industry.  If you are asking why there aren't more women in ... Read more

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