Description: Considering economic and political forces, flows of people and materials, and frames that define cultural and market situations as they play out in the artisan communities of these two countries, Wherry uncovers how authentic folk tradition is capitalized or created.
Brief description: Frederick F. Wherry is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Michigan.
Review Quotes: This thought-provoking book will help build bridges between consumption studies and the sociology of culture, economic sociology, and the sociology of development.
--Joel Stillerman, Journal of Consumer Culture