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Mar 2, 2022 · If one uses or takes ‘other’ cultural material, this is to ‘appropriate’ it. If, on the other hand, one does not use it but merely acts as an audience, as it were, then this is appreciation.
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Apr 3, 2023 · The literature on cultural appropriation identifies two distinct forms of cultural exchange under conditions of asymmetrical power relations: assimilation and exploitation (Rogers 2006). Assimilation is when members of a less powerful group (e.g., immigrants) use the elements of a more powerful group (e.g., indigenes).
- Introduction
- Categories of Cultural Appropriation
- What Is Minor Literature?
- Intertextuality and Appropriation
- The Ethics and Aesthetics of Cultural Appropriation
Both words in the phrase ‘cultural appropriation’ are ideologically loaded, which is further intensified as they become merged into a single concept. This concept is controversial and fundamentally political—as, indeed, is culture itself. Culture is necessarily shared. It is also continually undergoing transformation, not least through relationship...
Cultural appropriation can be approached in different ways. The variety of different practices classified as instances of cultural appropriation means that stipulating a definition is problematic (see Jackson, 2019). Helene Shugart (1997)observes that appropriation occurs when features perceived to belong to a specific culture are used to further t...
To answer the question that Deleuze and Guattari ask—‘What is minor literature?’—is to address the broader questions implied by the powers of becoming that it reveals. More specifically, the minor literature concept will address the question of how to construct a form of writing from a language that is not one’s own. In order to address the challen...
The concept of minor literature is relevant here because of the changing nature of production promotion, exchange and consumption of literature. There is little need to rehearse the argument that social media platforms are changing the way information circulates with implications for the changing nature of the production and consumption of text. Th...
Creativity within the arts often involves engaging with an aesthetic cosmopolitan appreciation of culture, often in a way that perceives itself to be ‘morally responsible and aesthetically discerning’ (Rings, 2019, p. 161). Within this context, the use of appropriative strategies to further artistic creativity can be analyzed in many ways, but the ...
- Paul Haynes
- 2021
doubt the possibility of accurate cultural appropriation in literature. Appropriation most commonly appears in literature as “subject appropriation,” a term explained by James O. Young in “Profound Offense and Cultural Appropriation.”
- Wendy Meza
- 2020
Social media is full of accusations and counter-accusations of a wrong called ‘cultural appropriation’. Our goal in this article is to sift through these deliberations and identify what cultural appropriation is, what it is not, and what, if anything might be wrong with it.
There are, however, aspects of borrowing and appropriation that are more problematic, raising ethical questions about who has the right to speak for or on behalf of others or indeed to access, and potentially rewrite, cultural heritage.
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Aug 30, 2021 · Cultural appropriation takes many forms, covers a range of types of action, and has many consequences. It is not a uniform practice and needs to be assessed on a case by case basis but there are common themes and issues. What follows is a discussion of the key concepts and literature in the field.
