Authenticity in culture, self, and society / ed. by Phillip Vannini, J. Patrick Williams

Includes index

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 Waskul. Ideology and practice in punk subculture / Philip Lewin and J. Patrick Williams. Authenticity : perspectives and experiences / Alexis T. Franzese. Authenticity as motivation and aesthetic experience / Phillip 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 / Michael Schwalbe. Pop music as a resource for assembling an authentic self : a phenomenological-existential perspective / Joseph A. Kotarba. 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 Doug 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. Alternative histories of 9/11 : the cultural conditions underlying conspiracy theories / Gary J. Krug

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 Waskul; Ideology and practice 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,

Presents a conceptualization of authenticity with a survey of original empirical studies that are focused on the experience, negotiation, and social relevance at the levels of self, culture, and specific social settings