Authentic: the myth of bringing your full self to work

Author's note

Prologue: All the black people I know, knew better

Part One: Authenticity as care. The call

Patterns of weathering

The body wants to heal

Part Two: Authenticity as myth. Shape-shifting myths

The 'authenticity is trite corporate jargon' myth

The 'authenticity can transform work culture' myth

The 'We must strive to be authentic' myth

Part Three: Authenticity as spectacle. The spectacle of difference

The spectacle of representation

The spectacle of accommodations

The spectacle of disclosure

Crip revisions

Part Four: Authenticity as purpose. A problem of place

A safe haven for authenticity

The paradox of doing good

Mission, possible

Part Five: Authenticity as refusal. What do you do with a broken promise?

The audacity to refuse

Part Six: Authenticity as agency. We outchea

Beyond the institutional gaze

Who are we visioning with?

Epilogue: The experiment

Acknowledgments

Notes.