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        Getting in, getting on, getting out? : Women as career scramblers in the UK film and television industries

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        Leung, Wing Fai
        Gill, Rosalind
        Randle, K.R.
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        2299/16649
        Abstract
        This paper looks at the predominance of freelancing in the film and television industries as a lens to examine the persistence of gender inequalities within these fields. Previous research has indicated that women fare better in larger organisations with more stable patterns of employment, and in this paper we explore why that might be the case, by focusing on the experiences of female freelancers at a moment when project-based, precarious work and informal recruitment practices are increasing in the UK film and television sector. We highlight in particular the ways in which gender inequality is mediated by age and parental status, and the impact of intersectional identities on women’s ability to sustain a career in film and television.
        Publication date
        2015-05-01
        Published in
        Sociological Review
        Published version
        https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12240
        Other links
        http://hdl.handle.net/2299/16649
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