Faking, Forging, Counterfeiting: Discredited Practices at the Margins of Mimesis (Culture & Theory)

ISBN 10: 383763762X / ISBN 13: 9783837637625

Published by transcript publishing, 2018

About this Item

pp. 246.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Faking, Forging, Counterfeiting: Discredited Practices at the Margins of Mimesis (Culture & Theory)
• Publisher: transcript publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 383763762X
• ISBN 13: 9783837637625
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Authors

Daniel Becker is a member of the International Doctoral Program MIMESIS at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich.

Annalisa Fischer is a member of the International Doctoral Program MIMESIS at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich.

Yola Schmitz is a member of the International Doctoral Program MIMESIS at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich.