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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830798403321

Autore

Young James O. <1957->

Titolo

Cultural appropriation and the arts [[electronic resource] /] / James O. Young

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2008

ISBN

1-281-30831-5

9786611308315

0-470-69419-X

0-470-69336-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Collana

New directions in aesthetics ; ; 6

Disciplina

700.1

700.1/03

700.103

Soggetti

Arts and society

Arts - Moral and ethical aspects

Cultural property

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-165) and index.

Nota di contenuto

What is cultural appropriation? -- The aesthetics of cultural appropriation -- Cultural appropriation as theft -- Cultural appropriation as assault -- Profound offence and cultural appropriation -- Conclusion: responding to cultural appropriation.

Sommario/riassunto

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 riseTackles head on the thorny issues arising from the