TY - BOOK ID - 20650 TI - Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans: The Lure of the Local Film Economy AU - Mayer, Vicki PY - 2017 SN - 9780520293816 9780520967175 9780520967175 9780520967175 DB - DOAB KW - new orleans KW - louisiana KW - runaway film KW - film industries KW - hollywood south KW - film economy KW - creative economy KW - tax incentives KW - hollywood UR - https://www.doabooks.org/doab?func=search&query=rid:20650 AB - Early in the twenty-first century, Louisiana, one of the poorest states in the United States, redirected millions in tax dollars from the public coffers in an effort to become the top location site globally for the production of Hollywood films and television series. Why would lawmakers support such a policy? Why would citizens accept the policyâ s uncomfortable effects on their economy and culture? Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans addresses these questions through a study of the local and everyday experiences of the film economy in New Orleans, Louisianaâ a city that has twice taken the mantle of becoming a movie production capital. From the silent era to todayâ s Hollywood South, Vicki Mayer explains that the aura of a film economy is inseparable from a prevailing sense of home, even as it changes that place irrevocably. ER -