Craft and the Creative Economy

1. Introduction — Craft and the Contemporary Cultural Economy: The Renaissance of the Handmade
Susan Luckman

2. Craft Revival: The Post-Etsy Handmade Economy
Susan Luckman

3. Crafts as Creative Industry
Susan Luckman

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

5. Craft Micro-Enterprise, Gender and Work-Life Relationships
Susan Luckman

6. ‘Self-Making’ and Marketing the Crafty Self
Susan Luckman

7. Craft Work and ‘The Good Life’: Creative Economic Possibilities
Susan Luckman

8. Conclusion — Craft Micro-Economies: More Than ‘Cool Capitalism’
Susan Luckman

Keywords: Social Sciences, Sociology of Culture, Small Business, Arts, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Sociology of Work, e-Business/e-Commerce