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Punks, Monks and Politics: Authenticity in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia

Punks, Monks and Politics: Authenticity in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia

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AnthropologyGeneral SociologyPunk

ISBN10: 1786600218
ISBN13: 9781786600219
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: May 24 2018
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Authenticity is much sought after; being described as inauthentic is an insult or an embarrassment. Being authentic suggests that a given behaviour or performance is reflective of a 'trueness' or 'genuineness' to one's identity. From a social science perspective there is sometimes scepticism expressed about the historical faithfulness of purported behaviours - such as when something is referred to as an 'invented' tradition. However, what can be overlooked in such criticisms is an array of sociological and existential dynamics that are at play when authenticity is striven for. Likewise able to be overlooked is where the location of that authenticity is ostensibly founded; sometimes the trueness of the behaviour is located in local traditions that reach back into time immemorial, sometimes in a universal human and shared sameness, and sometimes with regard to a global phenomenon.

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