Runaway Film Production: A Critical History of Hollywood's Outsourcing Discourse

"Through extensive archival research, this dissertation critically examines the history of runaway production, from its introduction in postwar Hollywood to its present use in describing the development of highly competitive television and film production industries in Canada. From a political economic perspective, I argue that the history of runaway production demonstrates how Hollywood's multinational media corporations have leveraged production work to cultivate goodwill and industry-friendly trade policies across global media markets. More critically, I argue that the history of runaway production tells the story of the development of a Hollywood labor diaspora: a globally dispersed labor force bound by a common cultural identity as Hollywood labor, but divided by their unequal relationship to the discursive mythology of Hollywood as the industry's authentic ""homeland."""

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Communications

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Yale, Camille K.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Nerone, John C.

• History, Modern

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3455795

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/86608