In Search of Authenticity The Formation of Folklore Studies

Name: In Search of Authenticity The Formation of Folklore Studies
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ISBN: 9780299155445

ISBN-10: 0299155447

ISBN-13: 9780299155445

Edition: 1997

Authors: Regina Bendix

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nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Authenticity is a notion much debated, among discussants as diverse as cultural theorists and art dealers, music critics and tour operators. The desire to find and somehow capture or protect the “authentic” narrative, art object, or ceremonial dance is hardly new. In this masterful examination of German and American folklore studies from the eighteenth century to the present, Regina Bendix demonstrates that the longing for authenticity remains deeply implicated in scholarly approaches to cultural analysis. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Searches for authenticity, Bendix contends, have been a constant companion to the feelings of loss inherent in modernization, forever upholding a…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: 11/15/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Instrumentalization of Authenticity



Poetry, History, and Democracy: Locating Authenticity



From Experience to Representation: The Onset of a Scientific Search for Authenticity



American Romanticism and the Emergence of Folklore Studies



The Role of Authenticity in Shaping Folkloristic Theory, Application, and Institutionalization



Latent Authenticity Quests in Folklore Definitions and Theories in Turn-of-the-Century Germany



Defining a Field, Defining America



Questioning the Canon



Departures and Revisions: Toward a Volkskunde Without Canon



From Fakelore to the Politics of Culture: The Changing Contours of American Folkloristics



Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index