Creative workers have been celebrated internationally for their flexibility in new labour markets centred on culture, creativity and, most recently, innovation. This book draws on research with novice and established workers in a range of specializations in order to explore the meanings, aspirations and practical difficulties associated with a creative identification. It investigates the difficulties and attractions of creative work as a personalized, affectladen project of selfmaking, perpetually open and oriented to possibility, uncertain in its trajectory or rewards. Employing a crossdisciplinary methodology and analytic approach, the book investigates the new cultural meanings in play around a creative career. It shows how classic ideals of design and the creative arts, reinterpreted and promoted within contemporary art schools, validate the lived experience of precarious working in the global sectors of the creative and cultural industries, yet also contribute to its conflicts. Contemporary Identities of Creativity and Creative Work presents a distinctive study and original findings which make it essential reading for social scientists, including social psychologists, with an interest in cultural and media studies, creativity, identity, work and contemporary careers.

Binding: Paperback;166 pages; Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales); Classification: JFC; Weight: 392 g; Dimensions: 156 x 233 x 18

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