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Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans: The Lure of the Local Film Economy

By:

Mayer, Vicki [auth]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Oakland, California University of California Press 2017Description: 1 electronic resource (162 p.)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780520967175;9780520967175;9780520967175
luminos.25

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Summary: Early in the twenty-first century, Louisiana, one of the poorest states in the United States, redirected millions in tax dollars from the public coffers in an effort to become the top location site globally for the production of Hollywood films and television series. Why would lawmakers support such a policy? Why would citizens accept the policy ś uncomfortable effects on their economy and culture? Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans addresses these questions through a study of the local and everyday experiences of the film economy in New Orleans, Louisiana á city that has twice taken the mantle of becoming a movie production capital. From the silent era to today ś Hollywood South, Vicki Mayer explains that the aura of a film economy is inseparable from a prevailing sense of home, even as it changes that place irrevocably.

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Early in the twenty-first century, Louisiana, one of the poorest states in the United States, redirected millions in tax dollars from the public coffers in an effort to become the top location site globally for the production of Hollywood films and television series. Why would lawmakers support such a policy? Why would citizens accept the policy ś uncomfortable effects on their economy and culture? Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans addresses these questions through a study of the local and everyday experiences of the film economy in New Orleans, Louisiana á city that has twice taken the mantle of becoming a movie production capital. From the silent era to today ś Hollywood South, Vicki Mayer explains that the aura of a film economy is inseparable from a prevailing sense of home, even as it changes that place irrevocably.