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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779978503321

Titolo

Debating authenticity [[electronic resource] ] : concepts of modernity in anthropological perspective / / edited by Thomas Filitz and A. Jamie Saris ; with the editorial help of Anna Streissler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2013

ISBN

0-85745-497-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Classificazione

LB 31950

Altri autori (Persone)

FilitzThomas

SarisA. Jamie

Disciplina

301.01

Soggetti

Anthropology - Philosophy

Authenticity (Philosophy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Authenticity and authenticating -- pt. II. Moral discourses of authenticity -- pt. III. Authenticity : popular and academic discourses -- pt. IV. Entangled spaces of authenticity.

Sommario/riassunto

The longing for authenticity, on an individual or collective level, connects the search for external expressions to internal orientations. What is largely referred to as production of authenticity is a reformulation of cultural values and norms within the ongoing process of modernity, impacted by globalization and contemporary transnational cultural flows. This collection interrogates the notion of authenticity from an anthropological point of view and considers authenticity in terms of how meaning is produced in and through discourses about authenticity. Incorporating case studies from four