Writing for Hire : : Unions, Hollywood, and Madison Avenue / / Catherine L. Fisk.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2016
• VerfasserIn: Fisk, Catherine L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674973183; 9783110485103; 9783110485202; 9783110638585
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674973183
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Catherine L. Fisk.

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.