Young Cultural Appropriation and the Arts

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-69336-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: New Directions in Aesthetics

Now, for the first time, a philosopher undertakes a systematicinvestigation of the moral and aesthetic issues to which culturalappropriation gives rise.

* Cultural appropriation is a pervasive feature of thecontemporary world (the Parthenon Marbles remain in London; whitemusicians from Bix Beiderbeck to Eric Clapton have appropriatedmusical styles from African-American culture)

* Young offers the first systematic philosophical investigationof the moral and aesthetic issues to which cultural appropriationgives rise

* Tackles head on the thorny issues arising from the clash andintegration of cultures and their artifacts

* Questions considered include: "Can cultural appropriationresult in the production of aesthetically successful works ofart?" and "Is cultural appropriation in the artsmorally objectionable?"

* Part of the highly regarded New Directions in Aestheticsseries

Autoren/Hrsg.

Young, James O.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Chapter One: What is Cultural Appropriation?:.
Art, Culture, and Appropriation.
Types of Cultural Appropriation.
What is a Culture?.
Objections to Cultural Appropriation.
In Praise of Cultural Appropriation.
Chapter Two: The Aesthetics of CulturalAppropriation:.
The Aesthetic Handicap Thesis.
The Cultural Experience Argument.
Aesthetic Properties and Cultural Context.
Authenticity and Appropriation.
Authentic Appropriation.
Cultural Experience and Subject Appropriation.
Appropriation and the Authentic Expression of a Culture.
Chapter Three: Cultural Appropriation as Theft:.
Harm by Theft.
Possible Owners of Artworks.
Cultures and Inheritance.
Lost and Abandoned Property.
Cultural Property and Traditional Law.
Collective Knowledge and Collective Property.
Ownership of Land and Ownership of Art.
Property and Value to a Culture.
Cultures and Intellectual Property.
Some Conclusions about Ownership and Appropriation.
The Rescue Argument.
Chapter Four: Cultural Appropriation as Assault:.
Other Forms of Harm.
Cultural Appropriation and Harmful Misrepresentation.
Harm and Accurate Representation.
Cultural Appropriation and Economic Opportunity.
Cultural Appropriation and Assimilation.
Art, Insignia, and Cultural Identity.
Cultural Appropriation and Privacy.
Chapter Five: Profound Offence and CulturalAppropriation:.
Harm, Offence, and Profound Offence.
Examples of Offensive Cultural Appropriation.
The Problem and the Key to its Solution.
Social Value and Offensive Art.
Freedom of Expression.
The Sacred and the Offensive.
Time and Place Restrictions.
Toleration of Offensive Art.
Reasonable and Unreasonable Offence.
Conclusion: Responding to Cultural Appropriation.
Summing Up.
Supporting Minority Artists.
Envoy.
Bibliography of Works Cited and Consulted.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

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 (Blackwell, 2008).