Material Culture and Authenticity
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anthropology
authenticity
Author_Magdalena Craciun
Boxer Briefs
Branded Garments
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Cocktail Dresses
consumer behaviour
counterfeit fashion
cultural studies
Double Entry
Double Entry Bookkeeping
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ethnographic research
EU Candidate State
fake branded clothing analysis
Fake Brands
Grand Bazaar
identity construction
Imam Hatip School
Inauthentic Objects
informal economies
material culture
social authenticity
Tamil Nadu
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780857854506
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 07 Nov 2013
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Magdalena Craciun is Research Fellow, University of Pardubice, the Czech Republic.
