
The Aesthetics of Authenticity
Medial Constructions of the Real
transcript (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 23. April 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
284 pages
978-3-8376-1757-3 (ISBN)
Description
As a concept that increasingly gains importance in contemporary cultural discourse, authenticity emerges as a site of tearing tensions between the fictional and the real, original and fake, margin and centre, the same and the other.The essays collected in this volume explore this paradoxical nature of authenticity in the context of various media. They give ample proof of the fact that authenticity, which depends on giving the impression of being inherent or natural, found not created, frequently turns out to be the result of a careful aesthetic construction that depends on the use of identifiable techniques with the aim of achieving certain effects for certain reasons.
Reviews / Votes
Reviewed in:GMK-Newsletter, 6 (2012)KULT_online, 36 (2013), Sascha SimonsMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bielefeld
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Klappenbroschur
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
406 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8376-1757-3 (9783837617573)
Schweitzer Classification
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Wolfgang Funk | Florian Groß | Irmtraud Huber
The Aesthetics of Authenticity
Medial Constructions of the Real
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Persons
Editor
Wolfgang Funk, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Deutschland
Wolfgang Funk (M.A.) lehrt Britische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft an der Leibniz Universität Hannover.
Florian Groß, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Deutschland
Irmtraud Huber, Universität Bern, Schweiz