The imposter as social theory : thinking with gatecrashers, cheats and charlatans /
edited by Steve Woolgar, Else Vogel, David Moats and Claes-Fredrik Helgesson.
Bok Engelsk 2021 Imposters and Gatecrashers (Conference)
| Medvirkende | Helgesson, Claes-Fredrik, (editor.)
Moats, David, (editor.) Vogel, Else, (editor.) Woolgar, Steve, (editor.) |
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (xvi, 333 pages) : : digital, PDF file(s).
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Also issued in print: 2021.. - Front Cover -- Epigraph -- The Imposter as Social Theory: Thinking with Gatecrashers, Cheats and Charlatans -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of Figures and Boxes -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- 1 Thinking with Imposters: The Imposter as Analytic -- Imposter moments -- Imposters in social theory -- Impostering as performance -- The hoax and the imposters' critical potential -- 'Natural' imposters -- Imposters beyond deviance -- Thinking with imposters -- Imposter dramas -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 The Desire to Believe and Belong: Wannabes and Their Audience in a North American Cultural Context -- The art of faking: imposture as successful identity performance -- Two cases of ethnic impersonation and their cultural context -- 'Canada's most famous fake'6: Archibald Belaney alias Grey Owl -- Truer than the real thing: imposture and its audience -- References -- 3 A Menagerie of Imposters and Truth-Tellers: Diederik Stapel and the Crisis in Psychology -- Introduction -- Fabrication -- Not unique -- Derailment -- Imposters and wannabes -- Transparency -- Thinking with imposters -- Epilogue -- References -- 4 Learning from Fakes: A Relational Approach -- Introduction -- The framework -- Part one: following the thread between faking and coveting -- 'What is its true value to me?' Researching civet coffee -- In summary -- Part two: following the thread between the inside and the outside -- From looting to faking: tracing a shift in the black market for antiquities -- In summary -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 5 Imitations of Celebrity -- Imitation of life: Fannie Hurst (1933) -- Imitation of life: John Stahl (1934) -- Imitation of life: Douglas Sirk (1959) -- Coda: Imitation of Death - Cheryl Crane (2012) -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 6 Natural Imposters? A Cuckoo View of Social Relations.. - Introducing the common cuckoo: 'the quintessential cheat'? -- The cuckoo in entanglement with heartfelt matters -- Reproductive relations -- Familial relations -- Intimate relations -- The cuckoo: an imposter entangled? -- Reproductive -- Familial -- Intimate -- Summary -- Cuckoo! The upshot of unsettling reproductive, familial and intimate relations -- References -- 7 Conjuring Imposters: The Extraordinary Illusions of Mundanity -- Motley impostures -- Skilful deceptions? -- Brian-the-conjuror: cultural beliefs and the constitution of skill -- Brian-the-conjuror: scientific insights and the constitution of perception -- References -- 8 States of Imposture: Scroungerphobia and the Choreography of Suspicion -- Introduction -- Scroungerphobia and the anxieties of imposition -- Welfare-to-work and behavioural conditionality -- Street-level ethnography -- 'Scroungerphobia' and the uncertain drama of suspicion -- Managerialism, verification and the administration of suspicion -- States of imposture -- Disordering the welfare state -- References -- 9 The Face of 'the Other': Biometric Facial Recognition, Imposters and the Art of Outplaying Them -- Introduction -- The messy, self-perpetuating configuration of biometrics -- Spoofing and anti-spoofing: impersonating the imposter -- The laboratory -- Face fascination -- Recognizing real from fake faces, spoof recognition and visual enskilment -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 10 Faking Spirit Possession: Creating 'Epistemic Murk' in Bahian Candomblé -- Otávio (and Jorge) -- Victor -- The people from the temple -- Me -- Imposters as producers of 'epistemic murk' -- References -- 11 The Guerrilla's ID Card: Flatland against Fatland in Colombia -- The events with reference to the citizen Jorge Enrique Briceño Suárez -- The events in/on Flatland -- The history of JEBS' application for a tutela.. - Selected responses from the agencies -- First expert identification (2003) -- The death of Mono Jojoy -- Second expert identification (2010) -- Minister: the body of Mono Jojoy 'completely identified' -- Another turn of the screw -- Conclusion: the cracks are how the light gets in -- References -- 12 Good Enough Imposters: The Market for Instagram Followers in Indonesia and Beyond -- Introduction -- The market for followers -- Consuming attention -- The economy and ethics of authenticity -- Moving targets -- Infrastructures of impostering -- Conclusion -- References -- 13 Thinking beyond the Imposter: Gatecrashing Un/Welcoming Borders -- Hesitation -- Relocating: the relationality of impostering -- Gatecrashing boundaries of containment -- References -- 14 Postscript: Thinking with Imposters - What Were They Thinking? -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.. - Edited by expert scholars, this volume explores the 'imposter' through empirical cases, including click farms, bikers, business leaders and fraudulent scientists, providing insights into the social relations and cultural forms from which they emerge.. - Specialized.
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| ISBN | 1-5292-1309-6. - 1-5292-1310-X. - 1-5292-1311-8
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