Historical Authenticity
Authenticity has become a key concept in the culture of history and memory in the 21st century . This open access book explores the multifaceted nature of ‘historical authenticity’ and its uses in various academic, museum, and historical-cultural contexts. In 70 alphabetically-arranged articles, His...
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| description | Authenticity has become a key concept in the culture of history and memory in the 21st century . This open access book explores the multifaceted nature of ‘historical authenticity’ and its uses in various academic, museum, and historical-cultural contexts. In 70 alphabetically-arranged articles, Historical Authenticity explains how authenticity can enable individuals and societies to locate themselves within time and space and the associated challenges. The book shows how today’s attitudes to the past are characterised by an intense striving for historical authenticity – a phenomenon which began to assume new potency in the last third of the 20th century. It considers how this manifests itself in practical terms, for example, in the value attached to ‘authentic voices’ from the past, ‘authentic objects’ in museums, collections and archives, or to ‘authentic places’ – be they historic buildings, urban architectural ensembles or memorial sites. The volume also reflects on how this desire for the ‘real’, the ‘genuine’ and the ‘original’ has changed over the centuries , and why it is nowadays so frequently linked with a longing to experience history ‘first-hand’, as evidenced in the degree of public attention accorded to surviving witnesses of historic events or the popularity of historical re-enactments. ‘Historical Authenticity’ convincingly makes the case that the analysis of academic, cultural, institutional and political authentification processes is central to a critical understanding of how the past is perceived in the present. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Leibniz Research Alliance Value of the Past |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1757322026-04-20T08:31:15Z Historical Authenticity Sabrow, Martin Saupe, Achim Memory studies Heritage studies Museums History theory Historiography Historical methods Testimony Witness Sources Genuine Fake First-hand Collections Archives Authentic Objects Memorials Memorial sites Historic buildings Reality Documentaries Virtual reality Reconstruction Re-enactment Preservation Places Voices Historical culture Tradition Simulation Representation Provenance Original Copy Masterpiece Identity Diversity Forgery Credibility Authorship thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHA History: theory and methods thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GB Encyclopaedias and reference works::GBC Reference works thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHA History: theory and methods::NHAH Historiography thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GL Library and information sciences / Museology::GLZ Museology and heritage studies thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history Authenticity has become a key concept in the culture of history and memory in the 21st century . This open access book explores the multifaceted nature of ‘historical authenticity’ and its uses in various academic, museum, and historical-cultural contexts. In 70 alphabetically-arranged articles, Historical Authenticity explains how authenticity can enable individuals and societies to locate themselves within time and space and the associated challenges. The book shows how today’s attitudes to the past are characterised by an intense striving for historical authenticity – a phenomenon which began to assume new potency in the last third of the 20th century. It considers how this manifests itself in practical terms, for example, in the value attached to ‘authentic voices’ from the past, ‘authentic objects’ in museums, collections and archives, or to ‘authentic places’ – be they historic buildings, urban architectural ensembles or memorial sites. The volume also reflects on how this desire for the ‘real’, the ‘genuine’ and the ‘original’ has changed over the centuries , and why it is nowadays so frequently linked with a longing to experience history ‘first-hand’, as evidenced in the degree of public attention accorded to surviving witnesses of historic events or the popularity of historical re-enactments. ‘Historical Authenticity’ convincingly makes the case that the analysis of academic, cultural, institutional and political authentification processes is central to a critical understanding of how the past is perceived in the present. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Leibniz Research Alliance Value of the Past 2026-04-20T08:31:14Z 2026-04-20T08:31:14Z 2026-04-16T09:55:12Z 2025 book ONIX_20260415T184305_9781350474840_27 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/112332 9781350474840 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/175732 eng open access Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Bloomsbury Academic b7fec79e-c133-4cb3-9544-88060a4d4e06 9781350474840 Bloomsbury Academic 672 London open access |
| spellingShingle | Memory studies Heritage studies Museums History theory Historiography Historical methods Testimony Witness Sources Genuine Fake First-hand Collections Archives Authentic Objects Memorials Memorial sites Historic buildings Reality Documentaries Virtual reality Reconstruction Re-enactment Preservation Places Voices Historical culture Tradition Simulation Representation Provenance Original Copy Masterpiece Identity Diversity Forgery Credibility Authorship thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHA History: theory and methods thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GB Encyclopaedias and reference works::GBC Reference works thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHA History: theory and methods::NHAH Historiography thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GL Library and information sciences / Museology::GLZ Museology and heritage studies thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history Historical Authenticity |
| title | Historical Authenticity |
| title_full | Historical Authenticity |
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| title_short | Historical Authenticity |
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| topic | Memory studies Heritage studies Museums History theory Historiography Historical methods Testimony Witness Sources Genuine Fake First-hand Collections Archives Authentic Objects Memorials Memorial sites Historic buildings Reality Documentaries Virtual reality Reconstruction Re-enactment Preservation Places Voices Historical culture Tradition Simulation Representation Provenance Original Copy Masterpiece Identity Diversity Forgery Credibility Authorship thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHA History: theory and methods thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GB Encyclopaedias and reference works::GBC Reference works thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHA History: theory and methods::NHAH Historiography thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GL Library and information sciences / Museology::GLZ Museology and heritage studies thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history |
| topic_facet | Memory studies Heritage studies Museums History theory Historiography Historical methods Testimony Witness Sources Genuine Fake First-hand Collections Archives Authentic Objects Memorials Memorial sites Historic buildings Reality Documentaries Virtual reality Reconstruction Re-enactment Preservation Places Voices Historical culture Tradition Simulation Representation Provenance Original Copy Masterpiece Identity Diversity Forgery Credibility Authorship thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHA History: theory and methods thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GB Encyclopaedias and reference works::GBC Reference works thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHA History: theory and methods::NHAH Historiography thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GL Library and information sciences / Museology::GLZ Museology and heritage studies thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history |
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