A timely encounter and a loss
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Italy as a national luxury brand for Chinese consumers: Global promotion and identity discontent
Italy as a national luxury brand for Chinese consumers: Global promotion and identity discontent Italy has emerged as a leading producer of luxury goods on the international stage, while China…
The spaces of luxury in global cities: The consumption and appropriation of São Paulo’s upscale malls by the elite and the poor
The spaces of luxury in global cities: The consumption and appropriation of São Paulo’s upscale malls by the elite and the poor According to Arjun Appadurai (1996), global flows are…
Free AccessNobodies and somebodies: Power, bureaucracy, and citizenship in a London rehousing hub
Free AccessNobodies and somebodies: Power, bureaucracy, and citizenship in a London rehousing hub This article draws on ethnographic research to examine the bureaucratic matrix of temporal, material, and legal scales…
The alienating inalienable: Rethinking Annette Weiner’s concept of inalienable wealth through Japan’s “sleeping kimono”
The alienating inalienable: Rethinking Annette Weiner’s concept of inalienable wealth through Japan’s “sleeping kimono” Based on twelve months of ethnographic fieldwork in Japan, this article focuses on collections of gifted…
Experiencing presence: An interactive model of perception
Experiencing presence: An interactive model of perception This essay brings literature in experimental psychology and visual perception into conversation with psychological anthropology to propose a new theory of presence. We…
Hybrid warfare in Brazil: The highest stage of the military insurgency
Hybrid warfare in Brazil: The highest stage of the military insurgency Since 2013, Brazil has undergone various moments of political turbulence, ultimately culminating in the seizure of power by the…
When ethics runs counter to morals
When ethics runs counter to morals In the present conjuncture, Brazilian social anthropologists are facing a major challenge to their work. I suggest that this happens because of anthropology’s central…
“A mad exuberance”: The globalization of luxury
“A mad exuberance”: The globalization of luxury The issue of the circulation of luxury commodities and of the evolution through which it is going becomes fully meaningful when addressed within…
Consuming belief: Luxury, authenticity, and Chinese patronage of Tibetan Buddhism in contemporary China
Consuming belief: Luxury, authenticity, and Chinese patronage of Tibetan Buddhism in contemporary China This essay examines two domains in which wealthy Chinese seek to cultivate social distinction. The first section…
Pedagogies of value: Marketing luxury in China
Pedagogies of value: Marketing luxury in China In just a few years, China has become one of the world’s largest markets for Western luxury products. Marketing professionals play a key…
Flesh, bones, and spirits
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Ethnographic views of Brazil’s (new) authoritarian turn
Ethnographic views of Brazil’s (new) authoritarian turn In this introduction to Currents, we argue for the potential of ethnography to aid in understanding the present. Extended periods of fieldwork allow…
“The revolution we are living”
“The revolution we are living” This article presents three ethnographic scenes extracted from Brazilian urban life, the earliest dating from 2013. It reflects on the rise of the extreme right…
From hope to hate: The rise of conservative subjectivity in Brazil
From hope to hate: The rise of conservative subjectivity in Brazil This essay focuses on the voters of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro in Morro da Cruz, a low-income community in…
The broken wave: Evangelicals and conservatism in the Brazilian crisis
The broken wave: Evangelicals and conservatism in the Brazilian crisis The article examines the articulation between Evangelicals and conservatism in the Brazilian scenario since widespread street demonstrations erupted in June…