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.
|
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 25
Page 59
... elite that has been raised to oppose elites . They are affluent yet opposed to materialism . They may spend their lives selling yet worry about selling out . " 17 The unlikely blend of countercultural values with economic power resulted ...
... elite that has been raised to oppose elites . They are affluent yet opposed to materialism . They may spend their lives selling yet worry about selling out . " 17 The unlikely blend of countercultural values with economic power resulted ...
Page 60
... elite roughness became stylish ; even bread had to be grainy , sugar unrefined . Similarly , handmade or exotic items had an aura of authenticity that was prized by the new elite . All were reckoned to be more primitive and more pure ...
... elite roughness became stylish ; even bread had to be grainy , sugar unrefined . Similarly , handmade or exotic items had an aura of authenticity that was prized by the new elite . All were reckoned to be more primitive and more pure ...
Page 86
... elite designation . As Robert Ulin says , the designation of appellations " takes for granted the social construction of authenticity , quality , and taste , and therefore tends to naturalize the social and historical conditions that ...
... elite designation . As Robert Ulin says , the designation of appellations " takes for granted the social construction of authenticity , quality , and taste , and therefore tends to naturalize the social and historical conditions that ...
Contents
Authenticity and Music | 25 |
Seeking Authenticity in Travel and Adventure | 39 |
The Commodification of Authenticity | 52 |
Copyright | |
13 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
aboriginal aesthetic American Anthropologist ancestry Arab artists Ashkenazim authenticity became become believe Belize Belizean Belizean Food Berkeley Beta Israel Bobos in Paradise Bukharan Jews California Press Cambridge citizens citizenship civilization claims colonized consumption country music Cuban cuisine cultural dance Dominican Edgework elite Émile Durkheim emotional ethnic European exotic expression feelings Flatheads France French genealogical genetic genuine German gibnut Global heritage Hitler human ideal immigrants Indian indigenous individual inner Israeli Jean Baudrillard Jean Jacques Rousseau Jewish Jews lives Maasai Maori Melungeon meringué modern moral movement Muslim Nashville Sound nation-state national identity nationalist natural objects Original publication pasta performance political primitive primordial production quoted in ibid reality regional religion religious ritual romantic Rousseau rumba Sabra sacred Savigliano secular shared Slow Food social society soul spiritual style symbolic tango taste terroir tion tourists traditional University of California University Press values wine York