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The Pursuit of Pleasurable Work : Craftwork in Twenty-First Century England /
Against the backdrop of an alienating, technologizing and ever-accelerating world of material production, this book tells an intimate story: one about a community of woodworkers training at an historic institution in London's East End during the present 'renaissance of craftsmanship'....
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York; Oxford :
Berghahn Books,
[2021]
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| Colección: | New Anthropologies of Europe: Perspectives and Provocations ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- FIGURES
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- PROLOGUE Toiling to Live
- INTRODUCTION A Pursuit of Pleasurable Studies with Woodworkers
- CHAPTER 1 AN ANTHROPOLOGIST'S JOURNEY INTO CRAFTWORK AND APPRENTICESHIP
- CHAPTER 2 THE CARPENTERS' COMPANY AND EARLY LONDON APPRENTICESHIPS
- CHAPTER 3 THE BUILDING CRAFTS COLLEGE A History
- CHAPTER 4 GETTING STARTED
- CHAPTER 5 CRAFTING CRAFTSPEOPLE Introducing the Instructors
- CHAPTER 6 VOCATIONAL MIGRANTS TO CRAFTWORK
- CHAPTER 7 THE INTELLIGENT HAND
- CHAPTER 8 PROBLEM SOLVING AT THE WORKBENCH
- CHAPTER 9 MANAGING PLEASURABLE PURSUITS
- CHAPTER 10 SKILL AND AGEING
- EPILOGUE Towards a Hands-On Curriculum
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX