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Brazil and the new luxury: an analysis of the consumption and creation of luxury apparel and accessories in Brazil

open access: yes, 2014
This research investigates how a rising nation’s consumers and producers are defining their relationship with luxury apparel and accessories. In the context of these products it seeks to identify the core attributes required to merit the luxury ...
Galsworthy, Antony
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The keys to the garden: Capital, class, and the repurposing of Persian mystical poetry in Los Angeles

open access: yesJournal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 3, December 2026.
Abstract This article traces the social life of medieval Persian poetry as it is repurposed within Los Angeles's Iranian diaspora. Based on 5 years of immersive ethnography in private erfān classes and mystical assemblies, I argue these gatherings function as contemporary diasporic courts, mobilizing core texts within a spiritual marketplace structured
Zia Khoshsirat
wiley   +1 more source

COUNTERFEIT LUXURY BRAND CONSUMPTION: ATTITUDES OF TURKISH CONSUMERS

open access: yes, 2015
As luxury brands are valuable, desirable and have remarkable meaning in the minds of consumers, brands that provide these features are becoming important for consumers.
ENGİNKAYA, EBRU
core   +1 more source

Between Borderisation and Multi/Transterritoriality: Dilemmas of Decolonising Territory in Abya Yala/Afro/Latin America

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 51, Issue 4, December 2026.
ABSTRACT This article addresses the issue of territory in Abya Yala/Afro/Latin America from a decolonial perspective and through the links and contradictions between the processes we call borderisation and multi or trans‐territorialisation, emphasising, in this case, the multiplicity of territory as an instrument of struggle and re‐existence, where ...
Rogério Haesbaert
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond price: Factors influencing consumer behavior towards purchasing counterfeit goods [PDF]

open access: yes
This research, titled Beyond Price: Factors Influencing Consumer Behavior Towards Counterfeits, explores the various factors that drive consumer behavior in purchasing counterfeit goods.
Aspe, Auldrey   +5 more
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“Feminist Suffering” and “Aftermath Solidarity”: Repairing Female Solidarity in the Wake of a Friendship's Fall

open access: yesGender, Work &Organization, Volume 33, Issue 6, Page 2144-2157, November 2026.
ABSTRACT In my experience, the end of a female friendship came to symbolically represent the erosion of female solidarity as (I thought) I knew it. In this paper, I first present an evocative autoethnographic narrative that foregrounds the emotional toll of losing solidarity with a close childhood friend.
Daniela Aliberti
wiley   +1 more source

It’s All About Me (Or Is It Us?): The Narrative Antecedents of the Locus of Celebrity

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, Volume 63, Issue 7, Page 3931-3960, November 2026.
Abstract For two decades, research on individual and organizational celebrity has flourished. However, the literature remains limited in several ways. First, despite recent gains regarding the antecedents of celebrity, current theory does not fully explain why celebrity resides at a specific locus (i.e., at the individual‐ and/or organizational level).
Laura D’Oria   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enforcing intellectual property rights in metaverse gaming platforms: The next steps for the EU's metaverse agenda

open access: yesThe Journal of World Intellectual Property, Volume 29, Issue 3, Page 503-531, November 2026.
Abstract This article delineates a comprehensive framework for the achievement of effective metaverse governance that reflects the EU's current metaverse agenda and promotes respect for intellectual property rights. To do so, this article follows a two‐strand methodology. It engages in a doctrinal legal analysis and a policy‐oriented assessment.
Zoi Krokida, Ioanna Lapatoura
wiley   +1 more source

Obesity and the Politics of Taddeo di Bartolo's Inferno

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 838-852, November 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper examines Taddeo di Bartolo's depiction of Hell in the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, the mother church of San Gimignano. In a striking departure from similar scenes of the period, the fresco, painted in the early fifteenth century, emphasizes the obesity of the sinners—suggesting a deliberate visual critique.
Stefania Roccas Gandal
wiley   +1 more source

Are the Impacts of Counterfeit Luxury Goods on Original Luxury Brands Good or Bad in the Chinese Market?

open access: yesAcademy of Asian Business Review, 2016
null Junghwa Son   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

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