"Creative Hustling is the first book length study about Nairobi-based female filmmakers and their labor as artists and entrepreneurs. Based on original empirical research, Steedman explores how these women pair their cinematic ability with an equally apt business acumen, contributing to a narrative of what it takes to succeed as a filmmaker in Nairobi. This book theorizes "hustling" as a creative practice and an innovative mode of working-one that can teach us new lessons about what it takes to produce and distribute film today, in a global age increasingly marked by flexible and precarious work"--…mehr
"Creative Hustling is the first book length study about Nairobi-based female filmmakers and their labor as artists and entrepreneurs. Based on original empirical research, Steedman explores how these women pair their cinematic ability with an equally apt business acumen, contributing to a narrative of what it takes to succeed as a filmmaker in Nairobi. This book theorizes "hustling" as a creative practice and an innovative mode of working-one that can teach us new lessons about what it takes to produce and distribute film today, in a global age increasingly marked by flexible and precarious work"--
Robin Steedman is a Postdoc in Creative and Cultural Industries in Africa at Copenhagen Business School. Her research and previous publications focus on the creative industries in Africa, particularly on the intersection of gender and class.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: Female Filmmakers at Work in Nairobi 1 1 The Making of an Industry: Filmmaking Across Local and Transnational Space 11 2 Making Transnational Cinema 33 3 Entrepreneurialism and Stylistic Internationalization on Screen 53 4 Circulation and Censorship in Nairobi: On TV and Online 69 5 Watching Film in Nairobi 89 6 Precarity, Entrepreneurialism, and Innovation in Nairobi 105 Conclusion 133 Acknowledgments 141 Notes 143 Bibliography 177 Filmography 199 Index 203
Introduction: Female Filmmakers at Work in Nairobi 1 1 The Making of an Industry: Filmmaking Across Local and Transnational Space 11 2 Making Transnational Cinema 33 3 Entrepreneurialism and Stylistic Internationalization on Screen 53 4 Circulation and Censorship in Nairobi: On TV and Online 69 5 Watching Film in Nairobi 89 6 Precarity, Entrepreneurialism, and Innovation in Nairobi 105 Conclusion 133 Acknowledgments 141 Notes 143 Bibliography 177 Filmography 199 Index 203
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Shop der buecher.de GmbH & Co. KG Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg Amtsgericht Augsburg HRA 13309