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The Paradox of Authenticity in a Globalized World

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Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781349469789
eText ISBN:9781137353832
Edition:0
Copyright:2014
Format:Reflowable

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Authenticity in our globalized world is a paradox. This collection examines how authenticity relates to cultural products, looking closely at how a particular "ethnic" food, or genre of popular music, or indigenous religious belief attains its aura of originality, when all traditional cultural products are invented in a certain time and place.