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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Page 41
... desire begins to lose its appeal as soon as it is seen ; the savage innocent is polluted by the arrival of the traveler paying to find savage innocence . Tourists who trek through steaming jungles in New Guinea in search of the last ...
... desire begins to lose its appeal as soon as it is seen ; the savage innocent is polluted by the arrival of the traveler paying to find savage innocence . Tourists who trek through steaming jungles in New Guinea in search of the last ...
Page 54
... desire for recognition can be met , and whatever reality that self can imagine ( or has been led to imagine ) , can be had – for a price . Or , if the fantasy is too expensive in real life , an imaginary identity can be tried on and ...
... desire for recognition can be met , and whatever reality that self can imagine ( or has been led to imagine ) , can be had – for a price . Or , if the fantasy is too expensive in real life , an imaginary identity can be tried on and ...
Page 97
... desire to comply with the requisites of Europe ; a passionate rejection of those same standards ; a passionate immer- sion in a bitterness derived from Europe's rejection of Argentine attempts to imitate their way into a reality about ...
... desire to comply with the requisites of Europe ; a passionate rejection of those same standards ; a passionate immer- sion in a bitterness derived from Europe's rejection of Argentine attempts to imitate their way into a reality about ...
Contents
Authenticity and Music | 25 |
Seeking Authenticity in Travel and Adventure | 39 |
The Commodification of Authenticity | 52 |
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