Cultures of commodity branding /

Cultures of commodity branding / Andrew Bevan, David Wengrow, editors. - Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, ©2010. - 1 online resource (267 pages) : illustrations - Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London . - Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : commodity branding in archaeological and anthropological perspectives / David Wengrow -- Making and marking relationships : Bronze Age brandings and Mediterranean commodities / Andrew Bevan -- The work of an Istanbulite imitasyoncu / Magdalena Crăciun -- The attribution of authenticity to "real" and "fake" branded commodities in Brazil and China / Rosana Pinheiro-Machado -- The real one : western brands and competing notions of authenticity in socialist Hungary / Ferenc Hammer -- Royal branding and the techniques of the body, the self, and power in west Cameroon / Jean-Pierre Warnier -- Commodities, brands, and village economies in the classic Maya lowlands / Jason Yaeger -- Lincoln Green and real Dutch Java prints : cloth selvedges as brands in international trade / Gracia Clark -- Of marks, prints, pots and becherovka : freemasons branding in early modern Europe? / Marcos Martinón-Torres -- The second-hand brand : liquid assets and borrowed goods / Alison J. Clarke.

The contributions in this volume document, both in past social contexts and recent ones, the need to understand branded commodities as part of a broader continuum with techniques of gift-giving, ritual, and sacrifice.

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Material culture--History.
Manufactures--History.
Marks of origin--History.
Trademarks--History.
Branding (Marketing)--History.
Culture matérielle--Histoire.
Produits manufacturés--Histoire.
Marques de commerce--Histoire.
Stratégie de marque--Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
Branding (Marketing)
Manufactures.
Marks of origin.
Material culture.
Trademarks.


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