Elizabeth F Vann
Biographic Data
| ID | 214506 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth F Vann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth F |
| FAMILY NAME | Vann |
| SIGNATURE | VANN E F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lehigh University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Culture
In this chapter, the author begins with the neo-Boasians, who have offered the most recent and most self-reflexive presentist accounts of the culture concept in anthropology. Their work provides a venue for considerations of how culture was conceptualized and employed by the Boasians in the first quarter of the twentieth century, and of the arguments against a culture-based anthropology that unfolded in the last quarter of the twentieth century. …
The Limits of Authenticity in Vietnamese Consumer Markets
In this article, I address the saliency of the concept of "authenticity" in contexts of international law and anthropological inquiry. Using my research findings in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam, I show that although Vietnamese shoppers distinguish between what they term real and fake goods, they do not share with foreign corporations and international trade organizations a preoccupation with product and brand authenticity. To make this point,…
Domesticating consumer goods in the global economy: Examples from Vietnam and Russia
In this article, I compare findings from my own research on consumerism in Ho Chi Minh City to the research of others in Moscow and St. Petersburg, and consider why shoppers in Vietnam and Russia worry about the origins of the products they encounter in their newly marketized economies. Consumer anxieties in both countries reveal a shared crisis of 'locality' - a common concern about the movement of goods between spaces designated as 'domestic' a…
The Limits of Authenticity in Vietnamese Consumer Markets
In this article, I address the saliency of the concept of "authenticity" in contexts of international law and anthropological inquiry. Using my research findings in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam, I show that although Vietnamese shoppers distinguish between what they term real and fake goods, they do not share with foreign corporations and international trade organizations a preoccupation with product and brand authenticity. To make this point,…
Domesticating consumer goods in the global economy: Examples from Vietnam and Russia
In this article, I compare findings from my own research on consumerism in Ho Chi Minh City to the research of others in Moscow and St. Petersburg, and consider why shoppers in Vietnam and Russia worry about the origins of the products they encounter in their newly marketized economies. Consumer anxieties in both countries reveal a shared crisis of 'locality' - a common concern about the movement of goods between spaces designated as 'domestic' a…
Domesticating consumer goods in the global economy: Examples from Vietnam and Russia
In this article, I compare findings from my own research on consumerism in Ho Chi Minh City to the research of others in Moscow and St. Petersburg, and consider why shoppers in Vietnam and Russia worry about the origins of the products they encounter in their newly marketized economies. Consumer anxieties in both countries reveal a shared crisis of 'locality' - a common concern about the movement of goods between spaces designated as 'domestic' a…
The Limits of Authenticity in Vietnamese Consumer Markets
In this article, I address the saliency of the concept of "authenticity" in contexts of international law and anthropological inquiry. Using my research findings in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam, I show that although Vietnamese shoppers distinguish between what they term real and fake goods, they do not share with foreign corporations and international trade organizations a preoccupation with product and brand authenticity. To make this point,…
Culture
In this chapter, the author begins with the neo-Boasians, who have offered the most recent and most self-reflexive presentist accounts of the culture concept in anthropology. Their work provides a venue for considerations of how culture was conceptualized and employed by the Boasians in the first quarter of the twentieth century, and of the arguments against a culture-based anthropology that unfolded in the last quarter of the twentieth century. …
Sociology (3 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (1 works) · Business (1 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (1 works)