Susan Luckman, University of South Australia, Australia.
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY
Palgrave Macmillan
2015
xvi, 187 pages ; 23 cm
Introduction --;Craft revival: the post-Etsy handmade economy --;Crafts as creative industry --;Material authenticity and the renaissance of the handmade: the aura of the analogue (or "the enchantment of making") --;Craft micro-enterprise, gender and work-life relationships --;"Self-making" and marketing the crafty self --;Craft work and "the good life": creative economic possibilities --;Conclusion --;craft micro-economies: more than "cool capitalism."
Craft and the Creative Economy examines the place of craft and making in the contemporary cultural economy, with a distinctive focus on the ways in which this creative sector is growing exponentially as a result of online shopfronts and home-based micro-enterprise, 'mumpreneurialism' and downshifting, and renewed demand for the handmade.
Handicraft -- Economic aspects.
Handicraft industries.
Industrial arts.
HD9999
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H362
S873
2015
Susan Luckman, University of South Australia, Australia.