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

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Berghahn Books, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Disciplina: 301.01
• Soggetto topico: Anthropology - Philosophy; Authenticity (Philosophy)
• Classificazione: LB 31950
• Altri autori: FilitzThomas SarisA. Jamie
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Debating authenticity
• ISBN: 0-85745-497-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814621403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II