Material Culture and Authenticity

Magdalena Craciun

ISBN 10: 085785450X / ISBN 13: 9780857854506

Published by Routledge Nov 2013, 2013

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Neuware -The study of material culture demonstrates that objects make people just as much as people make, exchange and consume objects. 180 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Material Culture and Authenticity
• Publisher: Routledge Nov 2013
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 085785450X
• ISBN 13: 9780857854506
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 161H x 14D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 161 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 440 grams

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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.

About the Author

Magdalena Craciun is Research Fellow, University of Pardubice, the Czech Republic.