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.

Michael S. Martin, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA Rossella Ceccarini, Sophia University, Japan Stephen A. Fielding, University of Victoria, Canada Nicola Mann, University of Rochester, USA Amanda Haste, Independent Scholar and Professional Musician Gavin James Campbell, Doshisha University, Japan John Venecek, University of Central Florida, USA Laura Christine Graham, University of Alberta, Canada Kaja Marczewska, Durham University, USA Juan Meneses, Purdue University, USA Katharine Bausch, York University, Canada Jeannine M. Pitas, University of Toronto, Canada Katherine Edwards, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada James Block, DePaul University, USA Kathryn Telling, University of Nottingham, UK Michael Lopez, University of North Dakota, USA Aimar Ventsel, University of Tartu, Estonia