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...
The study of material culture demonstrates that objects make people just as much as people make, exchange and consume objects. But what if these ob...
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...
The study of material culture demonstrates that objects make people just as much as people make, exchange and consume objects. But what if these ob...
