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Craft and the Creative Economy

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  • © 2015

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  1. Susan Luckman

    1. University of South Australia, Australia

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction — Craft and the Contemporary Cultural Economy: The Renaissance of the Handmade

    • Susan Luckman
    Pages 1-11

  3. Craft Revival: The Post-Etsy Handmade Economy

    • Susan Luckman
    Pages 12-44

  4. Crafts as Creative Industry

    • Susan Luckman
    Pages 45-67

  5. Material Authenticity and the Renaissance of the Handmade: The Aura of the Analogue (or ‘The Enchantment of Making’)

    • Susan Luckman
    Pages 68-86

  6. Craft Micro-Enterprise, Gender and Work-Life Relationships

    • Susan Luckman
    Pages 87-111

  7. ‘Self-Making’ and Marketing the Crafty Self

    • Susan Luckman
    Pages 112-128

  8. Craft Work and ‘The Good Life’: Creative Economic Possibilities

    • Susan Luckman
    Pages 129-151

  9. Conclusion — Craft Micro-Economies: More Than ‘Cool Capitalism’

    • Susan Luckman
    Pages 152-156

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 157-187
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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.

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“Craft and the Creative Economy offers a fresh look at contemporary craft entrepreneurs and gives an overview of the main conceptual debates behind the raised profile of craft and making as a new production and consumption trend. It also gives emphasis to the gendered aspect of this kind of entrepreneurialism as well as the role that online communication networks play in this social phenomenon. This book is an appealing read for people interested in cultural economies and lifestyle consumption.” (Paz Concha, LSE Review of Books, blogs.lse.ac.uk, October, 2016)

“Craft and the Creative Economy … considers the recent rise of craft and what obstacles and opportunities it presents for the contemporary cultural economy. … It will be of interest to a wide range of scholars researching craft in areas including cultural studies, gender studies, economics and labour studies, cultural and economic policy and development, craft theorists. It will also make salutary reading for those engaged in a craft economy that this book forensically describes.” (Catharine Rossi, International Journal of Cultural Policy, Vol. 22 (3), 2016)

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of South Australia, Australia

    Susan Luckman

About the author

Susan Luckman is Professor in Cultural Studies at the University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia. She is the author of Locating Cultural Work (2012), and co-editor of Sonic Synergies (2008), an anthology on creative music cultures and the global economy.

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