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The Paradox of Authenticity in a Globalized World

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction: The Artifice of Authenticity in the Age of Digital Reproduction

    1. Introduction: The Artifice of Authenticity in the Age of Digital Reproduction

      • Russell Cobb
      Pages 1-9

  3. A Matter of Taste: Authenticity and Innovation in Food Culture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Authenticity, Tourism, and Cajun Cuisine in Lafayette, Louisiana

      • Michael S. Martin
      Pages 13-22

    3. Food Bureaucracy and the Making of Authentic Pizza

      • Rossella Ceccarini
      Pages 23-34

    4. Currying Flavor: Authenticity, Cultural Capital, and the Rise of Indian Food in the United Kingdom

      • Stephen A. Fielding
      Pages 35-52

  4. Performing the Real: Mediating Authenticity in Music, Television, and Publishing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. Performing Cultural Authenticity in CBS’s Good Times

      • Nicola Mann
      Pages 55-68

    3. Buying into the Monastic Experience: Are Chant Recordings the Real Thing?

      • Amanda J. Haste
      Pages 69-84

    4. Ancient, Spiritual, and Indian: Exploring Narratives of Authenticity in Modern Yoga

      • Laura Christine Graham
      Pages 85-100

  5. Stereotypes, Clichés, and the Real Thing: Authenticity in Cultural Contact Zones

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Toilets Tell Truth about People: 150 Years of Plumbing for “Real Japan”

      • Gavin James Campbell
      Pages 103-121

    3. Tourists as Primitives? Inverting the Tourist Gaze in The Lost Steps by Alejo Carpentier

      • Jeannine M. Pitas
      Pages 123-137

    4. The Database as a Distressed Genre

      • John Venecek
      Pages 139-154

  7. Real Politics: The Cultural Politics of Authenticity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219
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About this book

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.

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'The idea of authenticity is an important one to explore in an academic setting and The Paradox of Authenticity in a Globalized World will be a useful tool in cultural and media studies, anthropology, and food studies. What really sets this edited volume apart is the inclusion of scholars who are not in academia - this adds a nice, contextualized angle in the fields of music, law, information studies, and museums.' - Jessica Mudry, Ryerson University, Canada

About the authors

Michael S. Martin, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA Rossella Ceccarini, Sophia University, Japan Stephen A. Fielding, University of Victoria, Canada Nicola Mann, University of Rochester, USA Amanda Haste, Independent Scholar and Professional Musician Gavin James Campbell, Doshisha University, Japan John Venecek, University of Central Florida, USA Laura Christine Graham, University of Alberta, Canada Kaja Marczewska, Durham University, USA Juan Meneses, Purdue University, USA Katharine Bausch, York University, Canada Jeannine M. Pitas, University of Toronto, Canada Katherine Edwards, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada James Block, DePaul University, USA Kathryn Telling, University of Nottingham, UK Michael Lopez, University of North Dakota, USA Aimar Ventsel, University of Tartu, Estonia

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