Why does one child raised in the same socioeconomic setting as his peer succeed where his peer fails? The concepts of authenticity and sincerity suggest contrasting answers.
References
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CarterPrudence. Keepin' It Real: School Success Beyond Black and White (Oxford University Press, 2005). Revisits canonized arguments by people like John Ogbu and Signithia Fordham on education and “oppositional culture” in an attempt to better understand the education gap between minority students and whites.
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FineGary Alan. Everyday Genius: Self-Taught Art and the Culture of Authenticity (University of Chicago Press, 2004). Explores how the reputations of artists circulate and grow based on assessments of authenticity that determine aesthetic value.
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JacksonJohn L.Jr. Real Black: Adventures in Racial Sincerity (University of Chicago Press, 2005). Tries to unpack the conceptual and analytical difference between sincerity and authenticity.
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Patrick JohnsonE.. Appropriating Blackness: Performance and the Politics of Authenticity (Duke University Press, 2003). Johnson examines the complicated relationship between race and sexuality as prescriptions for social community and legitimacy.
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TrillingLionel. Sincerity and Authenticity (Harvard University Press, 1971). A classic attempt to examine uses of sincerity and authenticity as literary tropes and analytic concepts.
