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Faking, forging, counterfeiting: discredited practices at the margins of mimesis
[conference proceedings]
Abstract Forgeries are an omnipresent part of our culture and closely related to traditional ideas of authenticity, legality, authorship, creativity, and innovation. Based on the concept of mimesis, this volume illustrates how forgeries must be understood as autonomous aesthetic practices - creative acts in ... view more
Forgeries are an omnipresent part of our culture and closely related to traditional ideas of authenticity, legality, authorship, creativity, and innovation. Based on the concept of mimesis, this volume illustrates how forgeries must be understood as autonomous aesthetic practices - creative acts in themselves - rather than as mere rip-offs of an original work of art. The proceedings bring together research from different scholarly fields. They focus on various mimetic practices such as pseudo-translations, imposters, identity theft, and hoaxes in different artistic and historic contexts. By opening up the scope of the aesthetic implications of fakes, this anthology aims to consolidate forging as an autonomous method of creation.... view less
Keywords
aesthetics; cultural history; cultural studies; tradition; literature (discipline); identity; imitation; literature; media; fraud; art; market; creativity
Classification
Other Fields of Humanities
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Free Keywords
Fälschung; Original; Kunsttheorie; Pseudotranslation
Conference
International Conference "Faking, Forging, Counterfeiting: Discredited Practices at the Margins of Mimesis. München, 2015
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
248 p.
Series
Edition Kulturwissenschaft
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839437629
ISBN
978-3-8394-3762-9
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0