Identity claims gain authenticity by tracing a chain back to a venerated past.

Evidence

Bauman notes that the detailing of the chain of narration whereby the teller heard the tale also provides evidence for his right to tell it, thus authenticating both the narrative and his interactional identity as its narrator. Bauman describes this process, which he terms traditionalization, as an ‘act of authentication akin to the art or antique dealer’s authentication of an object by tracing its provenience’ (1992: 137). This useful metaphor highlights the temporal dimension of authentication, which often relies on a claimed historical tie to a venerated past. — Mary Bucholtz and Kira Hall, Identity and Interaction, 93

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘traditionalization’ as authentication through claimed provenience.
• XREF: Connects to the five principles hunt: authentication here is a temporal mechanism contradicting the trait-binary view — the past is indexically exploited. — connects to: Narrators authenticate stories by tracing provenience to a venerated past. — Mary Bucholtz and Kira Hall, Identity and Interaction: A…, 93; Identity claims to territory arrive as retrospective legitimation — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 122; The Protocols’ forgery status was converted into proof of authenticity (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Narrators authenticate stories by tracing provenience to a venerated past. #exemplifies (0.95) — Mary Bucholtz and Kira Hall, Identity and Interaction, 93
• Identity claims to territory arrive as retrospective legitimation #expands (0.85) — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 122
• The past constrains identity but is always narrativized, not literally recovered. #qualifies (0.85) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 256
• The For-itself retroactively constitutes the past from which it appears born #complicates (0.80) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 479
• Fake authenticity backstories exploit the internet’s democratizing promise #exemplifies (0.80)
• The Protocols’ forgery status was converted into proof of authenticity #complicates (0.78)
• The new identification produces a self that did not preexist it. #complicates (0.75)