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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... cultural policies of the dic- tator Rafael Trujillo , who ruled the island with an iron hand from 1930 to 1961 . Trujillo wished to weaken the rural oligarchy in Cibao , and so officially pro- moted meringué as a symbolic blow to the ...
... cultural policies of the dic- tator Rafael Trujillo , who ruled the island with an iron hand from 1930 to 1961 . Trujillo wished to weaken the rural oligarchy in Cibao , and so officially pro- moted meringué as a symbolic blow to the ...
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... cultural heritage ; only they have the right to tell its stories , sing its songs , or found museums celebrating its past . As the nationalist Sabra ideal eroded , Israel had to discover some way to integrate these various potentially ...
... cultural heritage ; only they have the right to tell its stories , sing its songs , or found museums celebrating its past . As the nationalist Sabra ideal eroded , Israel had to discover some way to integrate these various potentially ...
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... cultures . Psychologically , to motivate myself to try to accomplish this goal , I need to convince myself that it is indeed possible , at least to a degree . To achieve the understanding I seek , I rely on comparisons of cultural sys ...
... cultures . Psychologically , to motivate myself to try to accomplish this goal , I need to convince myself that it is indeed possible , at least to a degree . To achieve the understanding I seek , I rely on comparisons of cultural sys ...
Contents
Authenticity and Music | 25 |
Seeking Authenticity in Travel and Adventure | 39 |
The Commodification of Authenticity | 52 |
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