Regulating Style: Intellectual Property Law and the Business of Fashion in Guatemala - Couverture souple

Thomas, Kedron

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0520290976 ISBN 13 : 9780520290976

Editeur : University of California Press, 2016

Synopsis

Fashion knockoffs are everywhere. Even in the out-of-the-way markets of highland Guatemala, fake branded clothes offer a cheap, stylish alternative for people who cannot afford high-priced originals. Fashion companies have taken notice, ensuring that international trade agreements include stronger intellectual property protections to prevent brand "piracy." In Regulating Style, Kedron Thomas approaches the fashion industry from the perspective of indigenous Maya people who make and sell knockoffs, asking why they copy and wear popular brands, how they interact with legal frameworks and state institutions that criminalize their livelihood, and what is really at stake for fashion companies in the global regulation of style.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Kedron Thomas is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. She is coeditor, with Kevin Lewis O'Neill, of Securing the City: Neoliberalism, Space, and Insecurity in Postwar Guatemala.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0520290976
• ISBN 13: 9780520290976
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 326
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• Personne responsable: non disponible