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Aug 30, 2021 · Cultural appropriation is a highly contested subject within the media and society more broadly, often provoking moral outrage. It is receiving increasing interest within the academy and the last 20 years have seen the publication of a number of important studies.
- Rina Arya
- 30 August 2021
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- 15, Issue10
Oct 21, 2023 · The biggest challenge is the contested concept of culture. Postcolonial theory has enabled a more fluid understanding and shown an emergence of marginalised groups articulating culture in their own terms.
A common example of cultural appropriation is the adoption of the iconography of another culture and its use for purposes that are unintended by the original culture or even offensive to that culture's mores.
Cultural appropriation is a highly contested subject within the media and society more broadly, often provoking moral outrage. It is receiving increasing interest within the academy and the last 20 years have seen the publication of a number of important studies.
- Rina Arya
- e12923
- 2021
- Sociology Compass
culture itself is a contested concept. In order for one culture to take from another, there has to be some shared understanding about the presence of boundaries separating cultures. In other words, as Matthes puts it, the logic of cultural appropriation is predicated on notions of cultural insiders and outsiders (Matthes, 2019, p. 5).
One issue that complicates theoretical discussion of cultural appropriation is the fact that culture itself is a contested concept. In order for one culture to take from another, there has to be some shared understanding about the presence of boundaries separating cultures.
Jul 12, 2018 · Cultural appropriation is generally understood as the taking or use of the cultural products of “cultural insiders” by “cultural outsiders” (Young 2005: 136). Cultural products can range widely, including stories, styles, motifs, artifacts, artworks, traditional knowledge, as well as representations of the members of a particular ...
