{"product_id":"debating-authenticity-9780857454966","title":"Debating Authenticity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 continents, the topics reach from art and colonialism to exoticism-primitivism, film, ritual and wilderness. Some contributors emphasise the dichotomy between the academic use of the term and the one deployed in public spaces and political projects. All, however, consider authenticity as something that can only be understood ethnographically, and not as a simple characteristic or category used t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e\"Debating Authenticity is an authentic representation of the state of play in contemporary anthropology.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  American Anthropologist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Debating Authenticity presents the reader with a rich collection of ethnographic case studies, unpacking the complexity of the concept in various social settings across the globe.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  The Australian Journal of Anthropology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Authenticity Aujourd’hui\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eThomas Fillitz \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e A. Jamie Saris\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: AUTHENTICITY AND AUTHENTICATING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Revisiting “Culture, Genuine and Spurious:” Reflections on Icons and Politics in Ireland\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eA. Jamie Saris\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Deceptive Tentacles of the Authenticating Mind: on Authenticity and Some Other Notions that are Good for Absolutely Nothing\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRajko Muršič\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: MORAL DISCOURSES OF AUTHENTICITY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Authentic Wilderness: The Production and Experience of Nature in America\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLawrence J. Taylor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Moral Economy of Authenticity. And the Invention of Traditions in\u003cbr\u003e \tFranche-Comté (France)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJean-Pierre Warnier\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Oh, That’s So Typical!” Discussing Some Spanish “Authentic” Essential Traits\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJorge Grau Rebollo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: AUTHENTICITY: POPULAR AND ACADEMIC DISCOURSES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Is Form Really Primary or, What Makes Things Authentic? Sociality and Materiality in Afro Brazilian Ritual and Performance\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eInger Sjørslev\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cultural Search for Authenticity: Questioning Primitivism and Exotic Art\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePaul Van der Grijp\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Wooden Pillars and Mural Paintings in the Saudi Southwest: Notes on Continuity, Authenticity, and Artistic Change in Regional Traditions\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAndre Gingrich\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e True to Life: Authenticity and the Photographic Image\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMarcus Banks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART IV: ENTANGLED SPACES OF AUTHENTICITY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Questions of Authenticity and Legitimacy in the Work of Henri Gaden (1867-1939)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRoy Dilley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Constructing Culture Through Shared Location, \u003cem\u003eBricolage\u003c\/em\u003e and Exchange: the Case of Gypsies and Roma\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJudith Okely\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cultural Regimes of Authenticity and Contemporary Art of Africa\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eThomas Fillitz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038911037783,"sku":"9780857454966","price":94.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857454966.jpg?v=1750941905","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/debating-authenticity-9780857454966","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}