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21%OFFJason Antrosio - Fast, Easy, and In Cash: Artisan Hardship and Hope in the Global Economy - 9780226302614 - V9780226302614
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Fast, Easy, and In Cash: Artisan Hardship and Hope in the Global Economy

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Description for Fast, Easy, and In Cash: Artisan Hardship and Hope in the Global Economy Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
Artisan has recently become a buzzword in the developed world, used for items like cheese, wine, and baskets, as corporations succeed at branding their cheap, mass-produced products with the popular appeal of small-batch, handmade goods. The unforgiving realities of the artisan economy, however, never left the global south, and anthropologists have worried over the fate of these craftspeople as global capitalism has again remade their cultural and economic territory. Yet artisans are proving to be surprisingly vital players in contemporary capitalism, as they interlock innovation and tradition to create effective new forms of entrepreneurship. Based on seven years of extensive ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226302614
SKU
V9780226302614
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99-50

About Jason Antrosio
Jason Antrosio is associate professor of anthropology at Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York. Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld is professor and chair of anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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