The Limits of Authenticity in Vietnamese Consumer Markets
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2464076 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth F Vann (Lehigh University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 286-296 |
| Publication date | 2006-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7294 • E-ISSN: 1548-1433 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/aa.2006.108.2.286 |
| OpenAlex | W2082533650 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 62 |
| References cited | 32 |
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, I describe four types of goods-model goods, mimic goods, real goods, and fake goods-employed by shoppers in HCMC, and discuss why they have little in common with notions of "authenticity" and "ownership" inherent in international standards of intellectual property. I argue that these conceptual differences in the commercial sphere challenge claims about the universal applicability of intellectual property rights laws and also encourage anthropologists to ask whether authenticity is always a useful tool of cross-cultural understanding
Business · Commerce · Epistemology · Ho chi minh · Intellectual property · Law and economics · Linguistics · Point (geometry · Political science · Product (mathematics · Property (philosophy · Property rights · Sociology · Vietnamese · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
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| Unique citing works | 62 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,1 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 60 |