Paradoxes of Authenticity

Paradoxes of Authenticity
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Publisher : transcript Verlag
Total Pages : 285
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ISBN-10 : 9783839418192
ISBN-13 : 3839418194
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Book Synopsis Paradoxes of Authenticity by : Julia Straub

Download or read book Paradoxes of Authenticity written by Julia Straub and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authenticity is one of the most crucial, but also most contested concepts in literary and cultural studies. Hollowed out by postmodernist theory, it paradoxically enough persists as an important backdrop for the discussion of literature, film, and the visual arts. The essays in this volume explore perspectives on authenticity and case studies dealing with »the authentic«. They thereby seek to show how the paradoxical persistence of authenticity in contemporary critical discourse can be turned into a fruitful point of departure for an analysis of literary texts, but also films, and the visual arts.


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