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The Aesthetics of Authenticity. Medial Constructions of the Real.
. Ed(S): Funk, Wolfgang; Gross, Florian; Huber, Irmtraud
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Paperback. Editor(s): Funk, Wolfgang; Gross, Florian; Huber, Irmtraud. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837617573
SKU
V9783837617573
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About . Ed(S): Funk, Wolfgang; Gross, Florian; Huber, Irmtraud
Wolfgang Funk (M.A.) teaches English literature and culture at Leibniz University Hanover, Germany. His research interests include contemporary drama, utopian literature, and current ethical debates. Florian Groß (M.A.) teaches American literature and culture at Leibniz University Hanover, Germany. His research interests include television series, comics and graphic novels, and contemporary fiction. Irmtraud Huber (M.A.) teaches English literature at the University ... Read more
Reviews for The Aesthetics of Authenticity. Medial Constructions of the Real.
Reviewed in: GMK-Newsletter, 6 (2012) KULT_online, 36 (2013), Sascha Simons