Why it Never Really was About Authenticity

Why it Never Really was About Authenticity

Critics of the concept fail to note that staged authenticity is not authenticity but its opposite or negation. This error is illustrated referencing Ed Bruner’s reading of The Tourist in his recent book Culture on Tour .

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Veröffentlicht in:Society (New Brunswick) 2008-08, Vol.45 (4), p.334-337
1. Verfasser: MacCannell, Dean
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Authenticity
Criticism
Cultural authenticity
Culture
Discourse
Legitimacy
Literary criticism
Political Science
Review articles
Social Sciences
Sociology
Symposium: Touring the World
Tourism
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Zusammenfassung:Critics of the concept fail to note that staged authenticity is not authenticity but its opposite or negation. This error is illustrated referencing Ed Bruner’s reading of The Tourist in his recent book Culture on Tour .
ISSN:0147-2011
1936-4725
DOI:10.1007/s12115-008-9110-8