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The world is made up of imposters. There is often a will towards authenticity, some semblance of the genuine. And yet, what might it mean to consider the figure of the imposter, not as an aberration or crime but as a standard. To play a part is to perhaps hold a role in the increasingly neoliberal global economy. In Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Lahore, she will smile into a headset. Her voice will chirp with the intonations of Friends actresses whom she has learned to mimic. Her English intonation and slang is more precise than many Middle Americans she talks to. She will talk to Chris in Detroit. Grandchild of slaves, he wears a carving of the map of Africa around his neck and has been laid off for months. Yes, he stammers, voice rough from days of Parliament cigarettes and the worries of the perpetually unemployed. Im an American citizen. ....We are a world of imposters. The postures of authenticity are continually undercut by the elaborate productions of civility and capital that construct a world of fakes. .... Thats a crazy airport. The authenticity of production, the production of authenticity is undercut by stages of capital -- assembly line, office banter, Internet wires upon which people stammer and strut. -Tara Atluri
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 23:54:27 +0000

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