Material Culture and Authenticity

Fake Branded Fashion in Europe

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Fashion, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology, Sociology
Cover of the book Material Culture and Authenticity by Magdalena Craciun, Bloomsbury Publishing
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Author: Magdalena Craciun ISBN: 9781472517128
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: November 7, 2013
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Language: English
Author: Magdalena Craciun
ISBN: 9781472517128
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: November 7, 2013
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English

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.

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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.

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