Culture and AuthenticityWiley, 2008 - 176 pages Authenticity is taken-for-granted as an absolute value in contemporary life. In Culture and Authenticity, Charles Lindholm calls upon anthropological case studies from different cultures, historical material, and comparative philosophy, to explore how notions of authenticity develop, what forms it takes, and how it changes over time.
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... accepted categories of value eventually re - emerge as collectibles.20 But there is more to it . These new art objects are a characteristic aesthetic expression of the worldwide confrontation between local and colonial cultures . As old ...
... accepted categories of value eventually re - emerge as collectibles.20 But there is more to it . These new art objects are a characteristic aesthetic expression of the worldwide confrontation between local and colonial cultures . As old ...
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... accepted agreement on these fundamental matters , it is impossible to replicate earlier music with certainty . Therefore it is not uncommon for different performers , each equally aiming at historical authen- ticity , to produce quite ...
... accepted agreement on these fundamental matters , it is impossible to replicate earlier music with certainty . Therefore it is not uncommon for different performers , each equally aiming at historical authen- ticity , to produce quite ...
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... acceptance of overt sexuality over effete refinement . The official endorsement of rumba was a symbolic statement to ... accepted as the most genuine dance of the Cuban nation . After all , it is more difficult to learn than other Cuban ...
... acceptance of overt sexuality over effete refinement . The official endorsement of rumba was a symbolic statement to ... accepted as the most genuine dance of the Cuban nation . After all , it is more difficult to learn than other Cuban ...
Contents
Authenticity and Music | 25 |
Seeking Authenticity in Travel and Adventure | 39 |
The Commodification of Authenticity | 52 |
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