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Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Social Media's Influence on Fashion, Ethics, and Property

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Availability:In StockContributor:Minh-Ha T. PhamPublish date:2022-09-13Pages:176
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9781478018612ISBN-10:1478018615UPC:9781478018612Book Category:Design, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Fashion & Accessories, Media Studies, Popular CultureSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.5401Product ID:SC57Q7W7K9

Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Social Media's Influence on Fashion, Ethics, and Property

In 2016, social media users in Thailand called out the Paris-based luxury fashion house Balenciaga for copying the popular Thai "rainbow bag," using Balenciaga's hashtags to circulate memes revealing the source of the bags' design. In Why We Can't Have Nice Things Minh-Ha T. Pham examines the way social media users monitor the fashion market for the appearance of knockoff fashion, design theft,...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9781478018612ISBN-10:1478018615UPC:9781478018612Book Category:Design, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Fashion & Accessories, Media Studies, Popular CultureSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.5401Product ID:SC57Q7W7K9
Minh-Ha T. Pham is Associate Professor in the Graduate Program in Media Studies at the Pratt Institute and author of Asians Wear Clothes on the Internet: Race, Gender, and the Work of Personal Style Blogging, also published by Duke University Press.
Publisher: Duke University Press

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