Authenticity functions as an exclusions tool guarding cultural production

Evidence

This stems from the fact that following a convention doesn’t make us automatic members of its collectivity. The Pink Ladies in Grease don’t have to accept someone as a Pink Lady even if she shows up in the same satin jacket. This makes authenticity also function as a tool for exclusion. Old Money families long used cultural capital to banish New Money from their social milieu. And in the last century authenticity has become a powerful bulwark for status-disadvantaged communities who create desirable cultural styles and artifacts. — W. David Marx, Status and Culture, 273

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Taste functioned as a nonmonetary barrier preserving innovations within communities. — W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for…, 775; Omnivore poptimism replaced critical taste with permissive eclecticism. — W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for…, 744; The imprecision of ‘authenticity’ conceals class hierarchies in aspirational labor — Brooke Erin Duffy, (Not) Getting Paid to Do What You Love:…, 357 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Globalized production erodes the territorial basis of authenticity claims #expands (0.85) — W. David Marx, Status and Culture, 274
• Authenticity’s ambiguity is functional because it serves many objectives #qualifies (0.78) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 288
• Mass competition for uniqueness on uniform platforms undermines the authenticity sought #corroborates (0.75) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 135