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Screenwriting: Creative Labor and Professional Practice" analyzes the histories, practices, identities and subjects which form and shape the daily working lives of screenwriters.

Author Bridget Conor considers the ways in which contemporary screenwriters navigate and make sense of the labor markets in which they are immersed.

Chapters explore areas including:

• Screenwriting histories and myths of the profession
• Screenwriting as creative labor
• Screenwriters working lives
• Screenwriting work and the how-to genre

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First published in 1991, this book presents a comprehensive annotated bibliography of radio broadcasting. Its eleven chapter-categories cover almost the entire range of radio broadcasting -- with the exception of radio engineering due to its technical complexity although some of the historical volumes do encompass aspects, thus providing background material. Entries are primarily restricted to published books although a number of trade journals and periodicals are also included. Each entry includes full bibliographic information, including the ISBN or ISSN where available, and an...

Comics and graphic novels have recently become big business, serving as the inspiration for blockbuster Hollywood movies such as the "Iron Man" series of films and the hit television drama "The Walking Dead." But comics have been popular throughout the 20th century despite the significant effects of the restrictions of the Comics Code in place from the 1950s through 1970s, which prohibited the depiction of zombies and use of the word "horror," among many other rules. "Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas" provides students and general readers a one-stop resource for...