Craft and the Creative Economy

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.

Author: S. Luckman
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 03/04/2015
Pages: 187
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781137399649

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.