The Aesthetics of Authenticity: Medial Constructions of the Real (Cultural and Media Studies) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 3837617572 ISBN 13: 9783837617573

Verlag: Transcript Verlag, 2012

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Reseña del editor:

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.

Biografía del autor:

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 of Bern, Switzerland. Her research interests include contemporary literature, non-realist literature, and literary theory.

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• Verlag: Transcript Verlag
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 3837617572
• ISBN 13: 9783837617573
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 284
• Herausgeber: Funk Wolfgang, Groß Florian, Huber Irmtraud