Gender Inequality in Screenwriting Work

This is the first book to critically examine the recruitment and working practices of screenwriters. Drawing on interviews with screenwriters and those that employ them, Natalie Wreyford provides a deep and detailed understanding of entrenched gender inequality in the UK film industry and answers th...

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1. Verfasser: Wreyford, Natalie (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Ausgabe:1st ed. 2018.
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ISBN:9783319957326
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 1. Introduction: The extent of gender inequality in film screenwriting work
  • 2. Gendering the screenwriter
  • 3. Gender, capital and getting in
  • 4. The gendered dynamics of the recruitment of screenwriters
  • 5. The impact of motherhood on screenwriters
  • 6. Being outnumbered
  • 7. Gendering taste
  • 8. Conclusions: Moving beyond numbers to make change happen.