J. Patrick Williams

Authenticity in Culture, Self, and Society (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Vannini, Phillip

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Authenticity in Culture, Self, and Society addresses the problems surrounding the concept of authenticity by offering its first sociological analysis. Compiled by a team of experts from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, it provides readers with a survey of original empirical studies focused on its experience, negotiation, and social relevance at the levels of self, culture,and specific social settings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351956659
• Artikelnr.: 49335617

Autorenporträt

Phillip Vannini is Associate Professor in the School of Communication and Culture, Royal Roads University, Canada J. Patrick Williams is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Authenticity in culture, self and society, Philip Vannini and J.
Patrick Williams. Part 1 The Value, Concept, and Ideal of Authenticity:
Authenticity without a true self, Alessandro Ferrara; Self-authenticity as
master motive, Andrew J. Weigert; The importance of insincerity and
inauthenticity for self and society: why honesty is not the best policy,
Dennis D. Waskul; Ideology and practice of authenticity in punk subculture,
Philip Lewin and J. Patrick Williams. Part 2 The Personal Experience and
Practice of Authenticity: Authenticity: perspectives and experiences,
Alexis T. Franzese; Authenticity as motivation and aesthetic experience,
Philip Vannini and Sarah Burgess; The everyday work and auspices of
authenticity, Jaber F. Gubrium and James A. Holstein; We wear the mask:
subordinated masculinity and the persona trap, Michel Schwalbe; Pop music
as a resource for assembling an authentic self: a
phenomenological-existential perspective, Joseph A. Kotarba. Part 3 The
Interactional Production, Exchange, and Consumption of Authenticity:
Consuming authenticity: a paradoxical dynamic in contemporary capitalism,
Jörn Lamla; Saying what we mean; meaning what we say: authentic dialogue
in aboriginal communities, Joshua Guilar and Lynn Charman; Performing
authentic selfhood in an intentional community, Daphne Holden and Douglas
Schrock; Embodying ideologies in tourism: a commemorative visitor book in
Israel as a site of authenticity, Chaim Noy; Emotional performances as
dramas of authenticity, E. Doyle McCarthy; Alternate authenticities and
9/11: the cultural conditions underlying conspiracy theories, Gary J. Krug;
Index.