{"product_id":"movie-workers-melanie-bell-9780252085864","title":"Movie Workers: The Women Who Made British Cinema Volume 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Theatre Library Association's Richard Wall Memorial Award Special Jury Prize for an exemplary work in the field of recorded performance\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After the advent of sound, women in the British film industry formed an essential corps of below-the-line workers, laboring in positions from animation artist to negative cutter to costume designer. Melanie Bell maps the work of these women decade-by-decade, examining their far-ranging economic and creative contributions against the backdrop of the discrimination that constrained their careers. Her use of oral histories and trade union records presents a vivid counter-narrative to film history, one that focuses not only on women in a male-dominated business, but on the innumerable types of physical and emotional labor required to make a motion picture. Bell's feminist analysis looks at women's jobs in film at important historical junctures while situating the work in the context of changing expectations around women and gender roles. \u003cp\u003e Illuminating and astute, \u003ci\u003eMovie Workers\u003c\/i\u003e is a first-of-its-kind examination of the unsung women whose invisible work brought British filmmaking to the screen. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melanie Bell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252085868\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252085864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/14\/2021 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2022","brand":"Melanie Bell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46640686235903,"sku":"9780252085864","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e0d216ad-a47a-4583-a644-49d6d1b58715.jpg?v=1740670260","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/movie-workers-melanie-bell-9780252085864","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}