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Representing Talent. Hollywood Agents and the Making of MoviesViolaine RousselChicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017L'ouvrage explore le monde peu connu des agences artistiques d'Hollywood et le rôle que ces professionnels de l'ombre jouent dans la fabrication des carrières et des projets artistiques.Plus de détails sont disponibles à l'adresse suivante :http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/R/bo26773990.htmlTable of Contents****Prologue: An Agent at Work****Chapter One Introduction*The Invention of AgentingFilling a Lacuna in the Sociology of HollywoodFacing StereotypesIn the Field with Hollywood AgentsWhat This Book Unveils: Agents and (E)valuation Communities*Chapter Two Mapping Hollywood*Agenting in Big versus Little Hollywood“The Other Side:” Interdependent Transformations of Studios andAgenciesThe New Reality of Agenting in Big Hollywood*Chapter Three The Making of Professionals in Talent Agencies*“Fulfilling Somebody Else’s Dreams”An Agent’s Initiatory PathUnder the Wing of a MentorForming “Generations” in Hollywood*Chapter Four Agenting as Relationship Work*The Meaning of RelationshipsThe Definition of an Agent’s Style“Trust” between Agents and Production Professionals*Chapter Five Agents and Artists: Enchanted Bonds and Power Relations*Agents’ Emotional CompetenceControlling Talent?Embedded Identities and Hierarchies*Chapter Six Naming Quality and Pricing Talent*Agents in Hollywood’s Evaluation Communities“What It Takes to Get a Movie Made”Pricing the Unique*Chapter Seven Agents of Change: The Formation of New EvaluationCommunities****Conclusive Word