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Same question was asked about ragtime during the turn of the last century. Questions re 'authenticity' of any cultural expression or product presupposes some linear order or frame of reference. Postmodernism has debunked any such order. Now you have Shakespear right next to Don Delillo right next to Toni Morrison on any bookshelf. The focus now is on rendition and context rather than any Platonic "gold standard." Today's crap maybe tommorow's gold and vice versea.
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