Shadow Economies of Cinema : Mapping Informal Film Distribution.
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- Cultural Histories of Cinema Series .
- Cultural Histories of Cinema Series .
Cover -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Why distribution? -- Formal and informal film economies -- Shadows, sites and circuits -- 1 Distribution from Above and Below -- Redefining distribution: theory and practice -- Distribution from below -- The cultural politics of distribution -- Conclusion -- 2 The Straight-to-video Slaughterhouse -- 'Anything with sprocket holes' -- The STV aesthetic -- Transnational STV circuits -- Shooting and selling STV action in the Asia-Pacific -- The slaughterhouse of cinema -- Conclusion -- 3 Informal Media Economies -- The formal and the informal -- The centrality of informality -- Informal economies of cinema -- Informality, cinema and the state -- Between formal and informal distribution: Tropa de elite -- 4 Nollywood at Large -- A short history of the Nigerian video boom -- The formalising imperative -- Formalising international distribution -- Conclusion -- 5 Six Faces of Piracy -- Copyright and the construction of piracy -- Piracy as theft -- Piracy as free enterprise -- Piracy as free speech -- Piracy as authorship -- Piracy as resistance -- Piracy as access -- Everyday ethics of piracy in Tepito, Mexico City -- Tepito postscript 2010 -- 6 The Grey Internet -- Mapping the online distribution ecology -- Linking sites -- Video-hosting sites -- Cyberlockers -- Informal enforcement on the digital frontier -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Coordinates for Studying Distribution in a Digital Age -- From pipelines to swarms -- Rethinking informational freedom -- Appendix: A Film Distribution Research Guide -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.