by RobertKanigel (Author)
From Leatherette to Naugahyde, men and women have devoted enormous energy to making fake leather seem real. Faux Real explores this borderland of the almost-real, the ersatz, and the fake, illuminating a centuries-old culture war between the authentic and the imitative.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 296
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 17 Aug 2010
ISBN 10: 081222132X
ISBN 13: 9780812221329