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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... began in fiddling contests that were much like modern - day wrestling matches , pitting good guys against bad guys . Arguably the first country ( then known as hillbilly ) music star was fiddlin ' John Carson , who was recorded in ...
... began in fiddling contests that were much like modern - day wrestling matches , pitting good guys against bad guys . Arguably the first country ( then known as hillbilly ) music star was fiddlin ' John Carson , who was recorded in ...
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... began with a watershed event in marketing that occurred around one hundred years ago . It was then that huge department stores began to blur the contrast between elite and commoner . These new mass- market stores offered vast and ...
... began with a watershed event in marketing that occurred around one hundred years ago . It was then that huge department stores began to blur the contrast between elite and commoner . These new mass- market stores offered vast and ...
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... began to change in the 1950s , 1960s , and 1970s as Mizrachim , who had long been stigmatized by the European Ashkenazim , began their massive immigration into Israel from Muslim countries . The resident Ashkenazim saw themselves as ...
... began to change in the 1950s , 1960s , and 1970s as Mizrachim , who had long been stigmatized by the European Ashkenazim , began their massive immigration into Israel from Muslim countries . The resident Ashkenazim saw themselves as ...
Contents
Authenticity and Music | 25 |
Seeking Authenticity in Travel and Adventure | 39 |
The Commodification of Authenticity | 52 |
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