Unruly readings: Neofetishes, paradoxical singularities, and the violence of authentic value

Ethnos

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 249-262

  Owens, Bruce McCoy ^a  

^a WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Art; Authenticity; Commoditization; Fetish

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009919577     PISSN: 00141844     EISSN: 1469588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00141844.1999.9981601     Document Type: Article

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