1st Edition
Contract and Control in the Entertainment Industry Dancing on the Edge of Heaven
218 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines the contractual relationships of creative artists within a number of areas of the entertainment industry. Whilst it focuses specifically on football, cricket, boxing and music, developments within other parts of the entertainment business are observed. The book also charts the concessions (artistic, professional and personal) that are often made by such artists in an attempt... Read more
Contents: Introduction: Of human bondage. Entertainment, Control and Contestation: Selling soles, contract and control in football; Rough trade, contract and control in the music industry; A brutal aesthetic, contract and control in boxing; Circus games, contract and control in cricket. Conclusion: Into the holy of holies.
Biography
Steve Greenfield, Guy Osborn
’...a welcome and necessary addition to the study of popular culture.’ Year’s Work in Critical and Cultural Theory
