invented tradition
fakelore

The past, to which all invented traditions must refer, is now the history of the song itself.

Invented traditions usually attempt to establish continuity with a real or imagined past.

Thus sites of memory may risk becoming "invented traditions".

Bradley drew a second inspiration in his work from the concept of 'invented traditions'.

"In defence of custom, cultural capital and invented tradition - a narrative from Bhutan"

But we need to look for them. 2. The Suffolk church - an invented tradition?

America's gun culture, he said, was "an invented tradition."

Another consequence of the policy was the creation of so-called "invented traditions".

Less clearly, there are unconscious expressions of migration in the garden, including 'invented traditions' from a revised past.

However, critics argue that the themes promoted by the Stampede and within the city are an invented tradition.

Scholars have noted that discourses about national histories are often imbued with invented traditions.

But if dreaming of invented traditions is what we're doing, at least we're doing it together, and that strikes me as the point.

In this thesis, I use the concept of 'invented traditions' in relation to later prehistoric societies.

How are foods traditionally prepared-and where is the boundary between authentic culinary heritage and invented traditions?

These, it is shown, have much to do with the role of these instruments as key symbols in invented traditions of nationalism.

The concept of invented tradition refers to a situation in which outside elements are newly brought together to depict a seemingly old tradition.

But Hobsbawm made it clear that also much more small-scale and perhaps less dramatic novelties qualify as 'invented traditions'.

It is generally regarded that "clan tartans" date no earlier than the beginning of the 19th century, and are an example of an invented tradition.

In other words, infinite variability in invented traditions may be partly constrained by previous traditions.

(Such cultural heritage sprang almost entirely from Irving's imagination and became a well-known example of an invented tradition.)

Hobsbawm "contrasts invented traditions with what he calls 'the strength and adaptability of genuine traditions.'"

This is a movement purely European in origin, and a fascinating example of "invented tradition," not to say of willfully misunderstood identity.

So, far from being evidence of the persistence of ancient custom, this is an apt illustration of globalisation and 'invented tradition'.

Brave is an apt update of this invented tradition; Scotland is being Disneyfied, literally.

It's high time that that piece of fakelore be laid to rest.

Some of these stories have revolved around other characters in American folklore and fakelore.

The modern story, misrepresented as ancient prophecy, is an example of "fakelore."

Morgan is possibly a creation of fakelore, rather than a genuine folk hero.

What was fakelore had become folklore again.

Barada's exploits have been counted as fakelore by historians.

It is possible that the legend of Cordwood Pete may also qualify as "fakelore."

Dorson also coined the word "fakelore" in a debate with author James Stevens.

Unlike fakelore, however, folklorism is not necessarily misleading; it includes any use of a tradition outside the cultural context in which it was created.

Yet Hulk was not a man to cater to any fakelore or superstition; he was supremely practical.

Some say folklore becomes "fakelore".

Dorson also regarded Paul Bunyan as fakelore.

That it is continually misrepresented as Apache or Native American is an example of modern fakelore.

The term fakelore was coined in 1950 by American folklorist Richard M. Dorson.

The historian Eric Hobsbawm has called what these 19th-century citizens did "the invention of tradition"; a common academic term for made-up customs is "fakelore."

As Mr. Murray put it, they had simply countered "the folklore of white supremacy" with "the fakelore of black pathology."

It was once seen as a valuable source for Migration Period history, but is now regarded as an inauthentic piece of fakelore created during the 16th century.

"Whether folklore, fakelore or what really happened, the bridge is symbolic of a rite of passage," said Guy Rocha, the Nevada state archivist.

More uncomfortably, Andrew F. Smith spoke on "False Memories: the invention of culinary fakelore and food fallacies".

His exploits were originally published in 1923 in an independent newspaper and the character is now largely considered a part of fakelore as opposed to a genuine folk hero.

The term fakelore is often used by those who seek to expose or debunk it, including Dorson himself, who spoke of a "battle against fakelore".

The element of misrepresentation is central; artists who draw on traditional stories in their work are not producing fakelore unless they claim that their creations are real folklore.

This was debunked as fakelore by Michael I. Niman in his 1997 People of the Rainbow: A Nomadic Utopia.

Based on the story of Paul Bunyan (voice of Thurl Ravenscroft), a fakelore giant lumberjack, and his blue-colored ox, Babe.

In addition to Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill, Dorson identified the American folk hero Joe Magarac as fakelore.