Counterfeit Itineraries in the Global South: The human consequences of piracy in China and Brazil

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Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Acknowledgments Note on the text 1. Introduction: the tale of a Chinese Santa From China to Brazil, via Paraguay The intellectual property discourse State mediations In search of Santa Claus The structure of the book Note References PART I: South America 2. Bargaining and selling: regimes of value in a market before the war against piracy The roots of an unwanted market Life and value in stone Currencies of exchange I am a slave to myself Networked bodies Bargaining kinship Paraguay will end! Crises and arrangements References 3. Traveling and smuggling: intellectual property discourse reaches Brazil From marginalization to criminalization The clean self Local notions on intellectual property Smuggling roads Embodying power: authorities Further developments Notes References 4. Migrating and importing: the Chinese community in a time of change From “Made in Taiwan” to “Made in China” to piracy Self-orientalizing projects amid interethnic friction Family in a time of change Final remarks Notes References PART II: China 5. Enterprising and producing: leisure and sacrifice in the production system Leisure and pleasure: emerging subjectivities in the world’s factory The leisure self The others’ sacrifice Final remarks Notes References 6. Protecting and dreaming: state interests, elite alliances, and laissez-faire Negotiating legal discourses Elite alliances, networks, and protection A discursive wall for black cats The China Dream: final remarks References Conclusion: ending and changing routes Follow-up: a final ethnographic story Unpredictable futures Note References Index