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In this book, Rachel Dubrofsky takes an innovative and expansive approach to the relationship between authenticity and whiteness. She positions her compelling argument that authenticity works as a strategy of whiteness within a range of media and popular culture, from Taylor Swift to Miley Cyrus, from reality television to Twitter, from Karen to Trump. Her detailed and careful analyses on the varied alliances of whiteness with authenticity makes a substantial contribution to conversations on the roles of media and popular culture, affect, and surveillance in understanding the powerful relationship between authenticity and whiteness.--Sarah Banet-Weiser, author of Authentic(TM) The Politics of Ambivalence in a Brand Culture Authenticating Whiteness is an important exploration of the fragile nature of whiteness in its contemporary sociopolitical habitat. In examining how whiteness is unapologetically shape-shifting, self-protective, and often insecure, Rachel Dubrofsky issues a compelling challenge we won't soon forget in this masterful critical-theoretic volume.--Ronald L. Jackson II, author of Scripting the Black Masculine Body in Popular Media Authenticating Whiteness offers a new lens through which to understand representations of everyday whiteness. It powerfully discusses how whiteness often constructs itself as 'authentic' and how authenticity functions as a strategy of whiteness. Focusing on media and celebrity culture, including representations of white femininity, this book has a lot to offer to scholars of race, whiteness, and media. This is a highly valuable contribution to the literature on media representations of whiteness and particularly white femininity.--Raka Shome, author of Diana and Beyond: White Femininity, National Identity, and Contemporary Media Culture To say that Authenticating Whiteness is timely would be an obvious understatement. Dubrofsky's charge to understand the concept of authenticity as it relates to various 'strategies of whiteness' is vitally important right now as we grapple with issues of race, power, and privilege in American society and in the academy.--Donald M. Shaffer, coeditor of The Construction of Whiteness: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Race Formation and the Meaning of White Identity

To say that Authenticating Whiteness is timely would be an obvious understatement. Dubrofsky's charge to understand the concept of authenticity as it relates to various 'strategies of whiteness' is vitally important right now as we grapple with issues of race, power, and privilege in American society and in the academy.--Donald M. Shaffer, coeditor of The Construction of Whiteness: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Race Formation and the Meaning of White Identity

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Rachel E. Dubrofsky is associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of South Florida. Her work is rooted in a critical cultural studies tradition with a focus on critical race, feminist media, and critical surveillance studies, with a recurring focus on authenticity and whiteness. Dubrofsky is regularly interviewed by the media for her expertise and has been quoted in, among others, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, TIME, Bitch Media, Salon.com, USA Today, and The Daily Beast. She is author of The Surveillance of Women on Reality Television: Watching ""The Bachelor"" and ""The Bachelorette"" and coeditor of Feminist Surveillance Studies. Her work has appeared in such publications as Critical Studies in Media Communication; Communication, Culture & Critique; Feminist Media Studies; and Television and New Media.

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