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The longing for authenticity, on an individual or collective level, connects the search for external expressions to internal orientations. What is largely referred to as production of authenticity is a reformulation of cultural values and norms within the ongoing process of modernity, impacted by globalization and contemporary transnational cultural flows. This collection interrogates the notion of authenticity from an anthropological point of view and considers authenticity in terms of how meaning is produced in and through discourses about authenticity. Incorporating case studies from four continents, the topics reach from art and colonialism to exoticism-primitivism, film, ritual and wilderness. Some contributors emphasise the dichotomy between the academic use of the term and the one deployed in public spaces and political projects. All, however, consider authenticity as something that can only be understood ethnographically, and not as a simple characteristic or category used to distinguish some behaviors, experiences or material things from other less authentic versions.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction: Authenticity Aujourd’hui Thomas Fillitz and A. Jamie Saris PART I: AUTHENTICITY AND AUTHENTICATING Chapter 1. Revisiting “Culture, Genuine and Spurious:” Reflections on Icons and Politics in Ireland A. Jamie Saris Chapter 2. Deceptive Tentacles of the Authenticating Mind: on Authenticity and Some Other Notions that are Good for Absolutely Nothing Rajko Muršič PART II: MORAL DISCOURSES OF AUTHENTICITY Chapter 3. Authentic Wilderness: The Production and Experience of Nature in America Lawrence J. Taylor Chapter 4. The Moral Economy of Authenticity. And the Invention of Traditions in Franche-Comté (France) Jean-Pierre Warnier Chapter 5. Oh, That’s So Typical!” Discussing Some Spanish “Authentic” Essential Traits Jorge Grau Rebollo PART III: AUTHENTICITY: POPULAR AND ACADEMIC DISCOURSES Chapter 6. Is Form Really Primary or, What Makes Things Authentic? Sociality and Materiality in Afro Brazilian Ritual and Performance Inger Sjørslev Chapter 7. Cultural Search for Authenticity: Questioning Primitivism and Exotic Art Paul Van der Grijp Chapter 8. Wooden Pillars and Mural Paintings in the Saudi Southwest: Notes on Continuity, Authenticity, and Artistic Change in Regional Traditions Andre Gingrich Chapter 9. True to Life: Authenticity and the Photographic Image Marcus Banks PART IV: ENTANGLED SPACES OF AUTHENTICITY Chapter 10. Questions of Authenticity and Legitimacy in the Work of Henri Gaden (1867-1939) Roy Dilley Chapter 11. Constructing Culture Through Shared Location, Bricolage and Exchange: the Case of Gypsies and Roma Judith Okely Chapter 12. Cultural Regimes of Authenticity and Contemporary Art of Africa Thomas Fillitz Notes on Contributors Index

About the Author :
Thomas Fillitz is Associate Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Vienna. He has been a visiting professor at the Université des Sciences et Technologies Lille-1 (2001, 2003), at the Université Lumière Lyon-2 (2008), and at Université Paris Descartes (2011).

Review :
"Debating Authenticity is an authentic representation of the state of play in contemporary anthropology."  ·  American Anthropologist “Debating Authenticity presents the reader with a rich collection of ethnographic case studies, unpacking the complexity of the concept in various social settings across the globe.”  ·  The Australian Journal of Anthropology


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  • ISBN-13: 9780857454973
  • Publisher: Berghahn Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Berghahn Books
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Concepts of Modernity in Anthropological Perspective
  • ISBN-10: 0857454978
  • Publisher Date: 01 Dec 2012
  • Binding: Digital download and online
  • No of Pages: 258


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