Faked in China: Nation Branding, Counterfeit Culture, and Globalization
Fan Yang
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Description for Faked in China: Nation Branding, Counterfeit Culture, and Globalization
Hardback. Series: Global Research Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFD; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
Faked in China is a critical account of the cultural challenge faced by China following its accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001. It traces the interactions between nation branding and counterfeit culture, two manifestations of the globalizing Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regime that give rise to competing visions for the nation. Nation branding is a state-sanctioned policy, captured by the slogan "From Made in China to Created in China," which aims to transform China from a manufacturer of foreign goods into a nation that creates its own IPR-eligible brands. Counterfeit culture is the transnational making, selling, and buying ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
Series
Global Research Studies
Number of Pages
298
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253018397
SKU
V9780253018397
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99-50
About Fan Yang
Fan Yang is Assistant Professor in the Department of Media and Communication Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Reviews for Faked in China: Nation Branding, Counterfeit Culture, and Globalization
"[T]he undeniable strength of Yang's vision [is] throughout her book, she toggles between the global and national, state and citizen, corporate and private, refusing to reduce these relationships to simplistic binaries. Committed to a critical interrogation of familiar narratives about globalization, Yang takes her readers on a detailed journey through interdependent and multi-layered transnational spaces."
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