TY - BOOK AU - Marchand,Trevor H.J. TI - The Pursuit of Pleasurable Work: Craftwork in Twenty-First Century England T2 - New Anthropologies of Europe: Perspectives and Provocations SN - 9781800732759 AV - HD8039.W62 .M373 2022 U1 - 331.76840809421 23 PY - 2021///] CY - New York, Oxford PB - Berghahn Books KW - Meaning (Psychology) KW - England KW - London KW - History KW - 21st century KW - Woodwork KW - Woodworkers KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access N2 - 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’. The animated and scholarly accounts of learning, achievement and challenges reveal the deep human desire to create with our hands, the persistent longing to find meaningful work, and the struggle to realise dreams. In its penetrating explorations of the nature of embodied skill, the book champions greater appreciation for the dexterity, ingenuity and intelligence that lie at the heart of craftwork UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781800732759 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781800732759 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781800732759/original ER -