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Material Culture and Authenticity (Materializing Culture)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2013
- Book Title
- Material Culture and Authenticity (Materializing Culture)
- ISBN
- 9780857854513
- Subject Area
- Design, Référence, Social Science, Self-Help
- Publication Name
- Material Culture and Authenticity : Fake Branded Fashion in Europe
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Subject
- Consumer Guides, Sociology / General, Fashion & Accessories, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Fashion & Style, Criminology
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Series
- Materializing Culture Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Weight
- 10.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 192 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
0857854518
ISBN-13
9780857854513
eBay Product ID (ePID)
166622402
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Publication Name
Material Culture and Authenticity : Fake Branded Fashion in Europe
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Subject
Consumer Guides, Sociology / General, Fashion & Accessories, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Fashion & Style, Criminology
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Design, Référence, Social Science, Self-Help
Series
Materializing Culture Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
10.2 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2013-029987
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"In the flux of postmodernity and globalization, people are searching for and clinging to some terms of authenticity, with culture and its embodied and 'en-thinged' terms regularly providing the ground for authenticity. However, the resources on which we base on activities and identities are more than occasionally not themselves entirely 'authentic,' whether these resources are 'invented traditions,' 'fakelore,' or imitations and knock-offs. Finally, as Magdalena Craciun argues in her clever and thoughtful book, the very idea of 'authentic' or 'original' is more complex and contested than we realize." -- Jack David Eller, Anthropology Review Database "Magdalena Craciun's Material Culture and Authenticity: Fake Branded Fashion in Europe makes for entertaining and meaningful reading ... a valuable addition to the field of material culture and a welcome contribution to Romanian studies. Drawing on nine months of fieldwork in Istanbul, Bucharest, and a small provincial town in southern Romania, Craciun has published one of the few genuinely multi-sited ethnographies of Romania. Highly informative, ethnographically sensitive, and theoretically sophisticated, this book is indispensable reading for the emerging anthropology in and of Romania." -Narcis Tulbure, H-Net, In this rich ethnography of the markets and small textiles manufacturers of Turkey and Rumania, Craciun constructs an alternative theory of brands, arguing that the materiality of branded goods - their shininess, smoothness; their pattern, cut, trimming and bobbling - are more important than the brand itself. A must read for anyone interested in thinking critically about the contemporary theorization of brands, authenticity, consumption, and materiality., Craciun's research provides an evocative account of how people struggle to negotiate authenticity in a world of inauthentic objects, namely fake branded goods. Through a nuanced and engaging ethnography, the book makes an extremely important contribution to the literature on authenticity and material culture. It will be essential reading for those interested in the experience of authenticity and it's role in mediating personal relationships and identities.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
306.46
Table Of Content
Introduction Inauthentic Objects The Elusive Nature of Inauthenticity: Manufacture and Trade in Fake Branded Garments in Turkey The Elusive Nature of Inauthenticity: Trade and Consumption of Fake Branded Inauthentic Objects, Authentic Selves Conclusion Bibliography Index
Synopsis
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.
LC Classification Number
GT720
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