Scanlan, Padraic X. (2018) Book review: masters of craft: old jobs in the new urban economy by Richard E. Ocejo. LSE Review of Books (14 May 2018). Website.
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Abstract
In Masters of Craft: Old Jobs in the New Urban Economy, Richard E. Ocejo explores four traditionally working-class jobs - barbering, bartending, distilling and butchery – that have been increasingly redefined as hip, high-status and ‘middle-class’ for a number of urban workers today. Though the backdrop of gentrification, deindustrialisation and class hierarchy are not examined in depth, Padraic X. Scanlan finds this a careful, focused ethnographic study that succeeds in conveying the rituals and norms of these new-old workplaces and the transformation of contemporary urban labour.
Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks |
Additional Information: | © 2018 The Author(s) |
Divisions: | LSE |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform |
Date Deposited: | 01 Aug 2018 15:18 |
Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 06:47 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/89683 |
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