Cultural Appropriation and the Arts

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John Wiley & Sons, Feb 1, 2010 - Philosophy - 192 pages
Now, for the first time, a philosopher undertakes a systematic investigation of the moral and aesthetic issues to which cultural appropriation gives rise.
  • Cultural appropriation is a pervasive feature of the contemporary world (the Parthenon Marbles remain in London; white musicians from Bix Beiderbeck to Eric Clapton have appropriated musical styles from African-American culture)
  • Young offers the first systematic philosophical investigation of the moral and aesthetic issues to which cultural appropriation gives rise
  • Tackles head on the thorny issues arising from the clash and integration of cultures and their artifacts
  • Questions considered include: “Can cultural appropriation result in the production of aesthetically successful works of art?” and “Is cultural appropriation in the arts morally objectionable?”
  • Part of the highly regarded New Directions in Aesthetics series
 

Contents

What Is Cultural Appropriation? Art Culture and Appropriation 1
1
The Aesthetics of Cultural Appropriation
32
Cultural Appropriation as Theft
63
Cultural Appropriation as Assault
106
Profound Offence and Cultural Appropriation
129
Responding to Cultural Appropriation
152
Bibliography of Works Cited and Consulted
159
Index
166
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About the author (2010)

James O. Young is Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy, University of Victoria. He has published extensively on philosophy of language and philosophy of art. His previous books include Global Anti-realism (1995) and Art and Knowledge (2001), and he is editor (with Conrad Brunk) of The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009).

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