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Feminism and the politics of creative labour : fashion micro-enterprises in London, Berlin and Milan
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McRobbie, Angela, Strutt, Dan and Bandinelli, Carolina (2019) Feminism and the politics of creative labour : fashion micro-enterprises in London, Berlin and Milan. Australian Feminist Studies, 34 (100). pp. 131-148. doi:10.1080/08164649.2019.1644609 ISSN 0816-4649.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08164649.2019.1644609
Abstract
This article makes the case for fashion – as part of the creative industries and a major employer of women, as well as a significant space for self-organised work – to attract more sustained attention from feminist scholars in order to develop a stronger policy lobby for the sector with priority given to quality livelihoods. Drawing on interviews and observations carried out within the course of a three-year study which investigated working lives of fashion designers (predominantly female) in London, Berlin and Milan, the argument presented emerges from an analysis which focused on two key factors: the impact of adverse economic circumstances following the euro-crisis of 2008 and the role of urban cultural policies in the ability of designers to establish a creative practice. With the help of three provisional concepts, each of which relies on questions of space/place, we suggest that this expansive sector contains potential to become a more equitable and socially engaged field, particularly with reference to women’s working lives and through the development of regionalised centres with an emphasis on doing fashion differently.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies > Centre for Cultural Policy Studies | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Australian Feminist Studies | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
ISSN: | 0816-4649 | ||||||
Official Date: | 14 August 2019 | ||||||
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Volume: | 34 | ||||||
Number: | 100 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 131-148 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/08164649.2019.1644609 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Description: | Free access |
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