Masters of Craft

Old Jobs in the New Urban Economy

Richard E. Ocejo

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Princeton University Press
21 January 2019

Urban communities; Sociology; Sociology: work & labour

In today's new economy-in which ""good"" jobs are typically knowledge or technology based-many well-educated and culturally savvy young people are instead choosing to pursue traditionally low-status manual labor occupations as careers. Masters of Craft looks at the renaissance of four such trades: bartending, distilling, barbering, and butchering. In this engaging book, Richard Ocejo takes you into the lives and workplaces of these people to examine how they are transforming once-undesirable jobs into ""cool"" and highly specialized upscale occupations. He shows how they find meaning in these jobs by enacting a set of ""cultural repertoires,"" resulting in a new form of elite taste-making. Focusing on cocktail bartenders, craft distillers, upscale men's barbers, and whole-animal butcher shop workers in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and upstate New York, Masters of Craft provides new insights into the stratification of taste, the spread of gentrification, and the evolving labor market in today's postindustrial city.

By: Richard E. Ocejo
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm,
ISBN: 9780691183190
ISBN 10: 0691183198
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 21 January 2019
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Richard E. Ocejo is associate professor of sociology at John Jay College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. His books include Upscaling Downtown: From Bowery Saloons to Cocktail Bars in New York City (Princeton).

Reviews for Masters of Craft: Old Jobs in the New Urban Economy

"""Winner of the Max Weber Book Award, Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section of the American Sociological Association"" ""Longlisted for the 2018 Spirited Awards Best New Book on Drinks, Culture, History, or Spirits, Tales of the Cocktail"""