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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebook Central, viewed April 25, 2018).

"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 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 to distinguish some behaviors, experiences or material things from other less authentic versions."--Publisher's website.

Revisiting 'culture, genuine and spurious': reflections on icons and politics in Ireland / A. Jamie Saris -- Deceptive tentacles of the authenticating mind: on authenticity and some other notions that are good for absolutely nothing / Rajko Muršič -- Authentic wilderness: the production and experience of nature in America / Lawrence J. Taylor -- The moral economy of authenticity and the invention of traditions in Franche-Comté (France) / Jean-Pierre Warnier -- 'Oh, that's so typical!' Discussing some Spanish 'authentic' essential traits / Jorge Grau Rebollo -- Is form really primary or, what makes things authentic? Sociality and materiality in Afro-Brazilian ritual and performance / Inger Sjørslev -- A cultural search for authenticity: questioning primitivism and exotic art / Paul van der Grijp -- Wooden pillars and mural paintings in the Saudi south-west: notes on continuity, authenticity and artistic change in regional traditions / Andre Gingrich -- True to life: authenticity and the photographic image / Marcus Banks -- Questions of authenticity and legitimacy in the work of Henri Gaden (1867-1939) / Roy Dilley -- Constructing culture though shared location, Bricolage and exchange: the case of gypsies and Roma / Judith Okely -- Cultural regimes of authenticity and contemporary art in Africa / Thomas Fillitz.

eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide