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Material culture and authenticity: fake branded fashion in Europe by Magdalena Craciun, Bloomsbury is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Material culture and authenticity: fake branded fashion in Europe about?

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? This book provides an original and revealing study into engagements with objects that are not what they are claimed and presumed to be and, subsequently, are believed to betray their makers as well as users. Drawing upon an ethnography of fake branded garments in Turkey and Romania, Material Culture and Authenticity shows how people can make authentic positions for themselves in and through fake objects. The book will be of interest to students and scholars working in the fields of anthropology, material culture and cultural studies as well as to general readers interested in ethnographic alternatives to biographies of famous fakers and fakes.

Who reads Material culture and authenticity: fake branded fashion in Europe?

Author

Magdalena Craciun, Bloomsbury

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781003086000

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Anthropology, Sociology