The limits of authenticity in Vietnamese consumer markets

American Anthropologist

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 286-296

  Vann, Elizabeth F ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Consumerism; Intellectual property rights; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744547825     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2006.108.2.286     Document Type: Article

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