Comprising original empirical studies of career-making in the creative sector, this book takes in theatre, music, film, TV, visual arts, fashion design, and architecture as creative industries. This format facilitates comparative analysis of central features of career-making within as well as across both specific industries and national contexts. The book is at the forefront and intersection of contemporary career research and research on work in creative industries / the cultural economy, intertwining both subjective and objective approaches to and dimensions of career. The contributors move beyond the dichotomies that have characterized recent career theory and work on creative industries to examine factors that facilitate and restrict horizontal and vertical mobility. Spanning a diverse range of case studies, from German theatre to Danish fashion, this book is a valuable reference for scholars of the creative and cultural industries and important reading for thoser interested in careers more generally.

Part I: Overviews 1. Careers in Creative Industries: An Analytic Overview. Chris Mathieu 2. Creative Labor: Who Are They? What Do They Do? Where Do They Work? A Discussion Based On a Quantitative Study from Denmark. Trine Bille Part II: Theatre, Television and Film 3. Behind the Scenes of Boundarylessness: Careers in German Theatre. Doris Ruth Eikhof, Axel Haunschild, and Franziska Schoessler 4. Tournament Careers: Working in UK Television. Dimitrinka Stoyanova and Irena Grugulis 5. Oscar et Cesar: Deep Consecration in French and American Film Acting Careers. Anne E. Lincoln and Michael P. Allen 6. Central Collaborative Relationships in Career-making. Chris Mathieu and Iben Sandal Stjerne Part III: Architecture 7. Frank Lloyd Wright's Artist Reputation: The Role of Networks and Creativity. Candace Jones 8. Reputation-building in the French Architecture Field. Amelie Boutinot Part IV: Music 9. Transnational Careers in the Virtuoso World. Izabela Wagner 10. Composing a Career: The Situation of Living Composers in the Repertoires of U.S. Orchestras, 2005-06. Timothy J. Dowd and Kevin J. Kelly Part V: Visual Arts and Fashion Design 11. Unpacking Unsuccess: Socio-cognitive Barriers to Objective Career Success for French Outsider Artists. Jean Pralong, Anne Gombault, Francoise Liot, Jean-Yves Agard, and Catherine Morel 12. Education and Becoming an Artist: Experiences from Singapore. Can-Seng Ooi 13. 'It was a huge shock': Fashion Designers' Transition from School to Work in Denmark, 1980s-2000s. Lise Skov Notes on Contributors Notes Index