Dawson, Andrew and Holmes, Sean, P. (eds), Working in the Global Film and Television Industries: Creativity, Systems, Space, Patronage

Book review: We live in a world where work is often about relations between people and place, and about creating an identity. More than that, hidden behind the scenes of the structures within which workers operate are real-life stories that offer unique insights into what the way we work says about our society. That is why I am fascinated by this important book. Inside this interdisciplinary collection of essays, edited by Andrew Dawson and Sean P. Holmes, critical discussions take place about a wide range of workers’ experiences, labour structures and processes, and consequences of systems and relations that underpin and have shaped debates about work in film and television industries, from across the twentieth century to the start of the twenty-first century. Publication details: Bloomsbury Academic, London, 2012, ISBN 9 7817 8093 0237, xi+207 pp., A$45.00