Material culture and authenticity : fake branded fashion in Europe /

The study of material culture demonstrates that objects make people just as much as people make, exchange and consume objects. But what if these objects are, in the eyes of others, only fakes? What kind of material mirror are people looking into? Are their real selves really reflected in this mirror...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Crăciun, Magdalena
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Colección:Materializing culture.
Temas:
Material culture > Europe.
Fashion design > Europe.
Brand name products > Europe.
Counterfeits and counterfeiting > Europe.
Culture matérielle > Europe.
Produits de marque > Europe.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Brand name products
Counterfeits and counterfeiting
Fashion design
Material culture
Europe
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Material Culture and Authenticity; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Fake Brands; 3 The Elusiveness of Inauthenticity, The Materiality of Brand: Fake Branded Garments in Turkey; 4 The Elusiveness of Inauthenticity, The Materiality of Brand: Fake Branded Garments in Romania; 5 Inauthentic Objects, Authentic Selves; 6 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.

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