{"product_id":"the-new-politics-of-the-handmade-craft-art-and-design-hardcover","title":"The New Politics of the Handmade: Craft, Art and Design - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthea Black\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eNicole Burisch\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemporary craft, art and design are inseparable from the flows of production and consumption under global capitalism. \u003ci\u003eThe New Politics of the Handmade\u003c\/i\u003e features twenty-three voices who critically rethink the handmade in this dramatically shifting economy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe authors examine craft within the conditions of extreme material and economic disparity; a renewed focus on labour and materiality in contemporary art and museums; the political dimensions of craftivism, neoliberalism, and state power; efforts toward urban renewal and sustainability; the use of digital technologies; and craft's connections to race, cultural identity and sovereignty in texts that criss-cross five continents. They claim contemporary craft as a dynamic critical position for understanding the most immediate political and aesthetic issues of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50876614475999,"sku":"9781788316552","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/tYsN6Go90L9781788316552.webp?v=1785920818","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-new-politics-of-the-handmade-craft-art-and-design-hardcover","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}