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Cultural Appropriation in Fashion and Entertainment

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Cultural Appropriation in Fashion and Entertainment explores the complex questions surrounding the borrowing of culturally inspired ideas, ownership of intangible culture, and the influence of power inequalities. The book examines how race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and religion are reflected and appropriated in clothing, accessories, hairstyles, tattoos, and entertainment forms like K-pop, Bhangra, and hip-hop. Offering a global sociological perspective, it encourages nuanced discussion and greater cultural awareness within the creative industries.
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Ideal for students, academics, fashion and entertainment professionals, and readers interested in arts, culture, and social justice debates surrounding cultural appropriation.

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"Unpicks the knotty problem of cultural appropriation in fashion and entertainment, using sociological analysis to explore international examples and engage with the passionate debates that surround them as well as the implications for designers, artists and consumers"--

Unpicks the knotty problem of cultural appropriation in fashion and entertainment, using sociological analysis to explore international examples and engage with the passionate debates that surround them as well as the implications for designers, artists and consumers.

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Is it ever acceptable to “borrow” culturally inspired ideas? Who has ownership over intangible culture? What role does power inequality play? These questions are often at the centre of heated public debates around cultural appropriation, with new controversies breaking seemingly every day.

Cultural Appropriation in Fashion and Entertainment offers a sociological perspective on the appropriation of race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and religion embedded in clothing, textiles, jewellery, accessories, hairstyles, and tattoos, as well as in entertainment, such as K-pop, Bhangra, and hip-hop.

By providing a range of global perspectives on the adoption, adaptation, and application of both tangible and intangible cultural objects, Kawamura and de Jong help move the conversation beyond simply criticizing designers and creators. They encourage nuanced discussion and raise awareness of diverse cultures in the creative industries.

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A timely and thorough exploration, this book is suitable both for newcomers seeking an introduction and experts wanting an extensive literature review on cultural appropriation. Reviewers commend it for highlighting the exploitation by dominant cultures and its important contribution to ongoing political discussions about cultural inequalities. Fashion, Style & Popular Culture notes its wide educational value, while Janice Miller from Kingston University praises its urgent call for reexamining damaging attitudes.

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ISBN: 9781350170551

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 July 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Illustration: 40 bw illus

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 520g

Pages: 240

About the Author

YUNIYA KAWAMURA is Professor of Sociology at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA. She is the author of four other Bloomsbury publications: Fashioning Japanese Subcultures (2012), Sneakers (2016), Fashion-ology (2004, 2018), and Doing Research in Fashion and Dress (2011, 2020).

Jung-Whan Marc de Jong is Associate Professor of Sociology at Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA.

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