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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

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Author:   James O. Young (University of Victoria, Canada)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.299kg
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9781444332711

ISBN 10:   1444332716
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   15 January 2010
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Table of Contents

Preface ix 1 What Is Cultural Appropriation? 1 Art, Culture, and Appropriation 1 Types of Cultural Appropriation 5 What is a Culture? 9 Objections to Cultural Appropriation 18 In Praise of Cultural Appropriation 27 2 The Aesthetics of Cultural Appropriation 32 The Aesthetic Handicap Thesis 32 The Cultural Experience Argument 34 Aesthetic Properties and Cultural Context 41 Authenticity and Appropriation 44 Authentic Appropriation 46 Cultural Experience and Subject Appropriation 55 Appropriation and the Authentic Expression of a Culture 60 3 Cultural Appropriation as Theft 63 Harm by Theft 63 Possible Owners of Artworks 64 Cultures and Inheritance 68 Lost and Abandoned Property 70 Cultural Property and Traditional Law 74 Collective Knowledge and Collective Property 78 Ownership of Land and Ownership of Art 85 Property and Value to a Culture 88 Cultures and Intellectual Property 93 Some Conclusions About Ownership and Appropriation 97 The Rescue Argument 102 4 Cultural Appropriation as Assault 106 Other Forms of Harm 106 Cultural Appropriation and Harmful Misrepresentation 107 Harm and Accurate Representation 113 Cultural Appropriation and Economic Opportunity 114 Cultural Appropriation and Assimilation 118 Art, Insignia, and Cultural Identity 120 Cultural Appropriation and Privacy 125 5 Profound Offence and Cultural Appropriation 129 Harm, Offence, and Profound Offence 129 Examples of Offensive Cultural Appropriation 131 The Problem and the Key to its Solution 134 Social Value and Offensive Art 136 Freedom of Expression 137 The Sacred and the Offensive 141 Time and Place Restrictions 143 Toleration of Offensive Art 145 Reasonable and Unreasonable Offence 147 Conclusion: Responding to Cultural Appropriation 152 Summing Up 152 Supporting Minority Artists 154 Envoy 157 Bibliography of Works Cited and Consulted 159 Index 166

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Cultural Appropriation and the Arts, by James O. Young, provides an analytical, comprehensive overview of ethical and aesthetic issues concerning cultural appropriation. (Journal of Cult Economy, 25 March 2011)

Cultural Appropriation and the Arts, by James O. Young, provides an analytical, comprehensive overview of ethical and aesthetic issues concerning cultural appropriation. ( Journal of Cult Economy , 25 March 2011)

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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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