The ethics of cultural appropriation / / edited by James O. Young and Conrad G. Brunk

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910877185903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, U.K. ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009
• ISBN: 1-282-11737-8; 9786612117374; 1-4443-1109-3; 1-4443-1108-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (322 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): YoungJames O. <1957->; BrunkConrad G <1945-> (Conrad Grebel)
• Disciplina: 306
• Soggetti: Ethnic relations - Moral and ethical aspects; Cultural property - Protection - Moral and ethical aspects; Acculturation - Moral and ethical aspects; Intercultural communication - Moral and ethical aspects; Indigenous peoples - Civil rights; Minorities - Civil rights; Ethnic relations - Political aspects; Cultural property - Social aspects; Acculturation - Political aspects; Intercultural communication - Political aspects
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation; Table of Contents; Ethics of Cultural Appropriation Research Group Members; Preface; Artist Statement; 1: Introduction; 2: Archaeological Finds: Legacies of Appropriation, Modes of Response; 3: The Appropriation of Human Remains: A First Nations Legal and Ethical Perspective; 4: The Repatriation of Human Remains; 5: 'The Skin Off Our Backs' Appropriation of Religion; 6: Genetic Research and Culture: Where Does the Offense Lie?; 7: Appropriation of Traditional Knowledge: Ethics in the Context of Ethnobiology; 8: A Broken Record: Subjecting 'Music' to Cultural Rights9: Objects of Appropriation; 10: Do Subaltern Artifacts Belong in Art Museums?; 11: 'Nothing Comes from Nowhere': Reflections on Cultural Appropriation as the Representation of Other Cultures; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation undertakes a comprehensive and systematic investigation of the moral and aesthetic questions that arise from the practice of cultural appropriation. Explores cultural appropriation in a wide variety of contexts, among them the arts and archaeology, museums, and religionQuestions whether cultural appropriation is always morally objectionableIncludes research that is equally informed by empirical knowledge and general normative theoryProvides a coherent and authoritative perspective gained by the collaboration of p