Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Social Media's Influence on Fashion, Ethics, and Property
Author:   Minh-Ha T. Pham
Publisher:   Duke University Press
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9781478015987


Pages:   160
Publication Date:   18 July 2022
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Minh-Ha T. Pham
Publisher:   Duke University Press
Imprint:   Duke University Press
ISBN:  

9781478015987


ISBN 10:   1478015985
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   18 July 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments  vii Introduction. “Share This with Your Friends”: Crowdsourcing IP Regulation  1 1. Regulating Fashion IP, Regulating Difference  27 2. The Asian Fashion Copycat  53 3. How Thai Social Media Users Made Balenciaga Pay for Copying the Sampeng Bag  77 4. “Ppl Knocking Each Other off Lol”: Diet Prada’s Politics of Refusal  99 Epilogue. Why We Can't Have Nice Things  125 Notes  131 Bibliography 147 Index  165

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Pham's work offers a thorough look at how online behavior is shaping fashion industry actions and sheds light on the ways the current norms are failing some communities while granting protections to others. -- Sarah Bartlett Schroeder * Library Journal *


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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.

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