Entrepreneurial labor among cultural producers: "cool" jobs in "hot" industries

Social Semiotics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-334

  Neff, Gina ^a   Wissinger, Elizabeth ^b   Zukin, Sharon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cool; Creative class; Creative industries; Entrepreneurial labor; Fashion industry; Flexibility; Media industry; New media; Risk; Technology; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247676643     PISSN: 10350330     EISSN: 14701219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10350330500310111     Document Type: Article

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