Download or read book The Paradox of Authenticity in a Globalized World written by R. Cobb and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-04-02 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authenticity in our globalized world is a paradox. This collection examines how authenticity relates to cultural products, looking closely at how a particular "ethnic" food, or genre of popular music, or indigenous religious belief attains its aura of originality, when all traditional cultural products are invented in a certain time and place.