Narrators authenticate stories by tracing provenience to a venerated past.

Evidence

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’ and the temporal dimension of authentication.
• CANDY: The art-dealer-provenience metaphor is a compact, shareable image.
• XREF: connects to: History is a selective construction by high-status narrators — W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for…, 641; Nationalist movements reconstructed authentic ancient pasts through folklore and folk arts — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 616; Tradition discursively connects past, community, and identity. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 401

Related

• Identity claims gain authenticity by tracing a chain back to a venerated past. (similarity 0.86)

Broader Connections

• History is a selective construction by high-status narrators #expands (0.80) — W. David Marx, Status and Culture, 641
• Tradition discursively connects past, community, and identity. #expands (0.75) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 401
• Nationalist movements reconstructed authentic ancient pasts through folklore and folk arts #exemplifies (0.72) — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 616