Richard Press Handler’s scientific contributions

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Publications (1)

Tradition, Genuine or Spurious
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July 1984

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35 Reads

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591 Citations

The Journal of American Folklore

Richard Press Handler

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Jocelyn Linnekin

Citations (1)

... Like most anthropologists, I was taught that debates about whether 'traditions' were 'genuine or spurious' were settled decades ago (Handler and Linnekin, 1984). A consensus was reached that traditions and cultures were not 'bounded [entities] made up of bounded constituent parts' (Handler and Linnekin, 1984: 273, 287-288), but social constructions subject to a never-ending politics of 'sign-substitution in the play of signification' (Hanson, 1989: 898). ...

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Authenticity and decolonization: On the subversive authenticity of Indigenous resurgence
Tradition, Genuine or Spurious
  • Citing Article

  • July 1984

The Journal of American Folklore

Richard Press Handler

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Jocelyn Linnekin