Appropriation

The appropriation of Greek myth in modern narrative fiction has increased in the last ten years, specifically in the young adult genre. Book series such as Oh. My. Gods. and The Goddess Test draw young girls into the world of classical myths, while Percy Jackson and the Olympians captivated an entire generation and introduced them to the complexities and themes of the poll of mythic traditions from Ancient Greece. These new stories that incorporate the mythos help "[re-introduce] an audience…

Cultural Appropriation In today’s fashion industry, cultural appropriation has become an issue because designers take styles from different cultures without permission. Cultural appropriation is the use one’s culture by a member of another culture. Although people in the fashion industry have a right to express themselves, they do not have to expose Native American culture for their benefit. When people wear jewelry, clothes with Native print, moccasins, or the most common war bonnet, they have…

Cultural appropriation is defined as the adoption of elements of one culture by members of a different cultural group especially if the adoption is without the consent of the originating culture. The dominant group is usually always the one to exploit the less privileged group, without having any prior knowledge of the items or piece of culture in question that are being appropriated. There are so many Halloween costumes out these days people can literally be anything they want from a fairy to…

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government cannot spend the money regardless of whether it raised by taxation, loan or by sale of government assets, unless the parliament has authorized the expenditure by an appropriation Act of Parliament. Because Australia’s constitution states that "no money shall be drawn from the treasury of the commonwealth except under appropriation made by law". Furthermore, the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) is provided through section 81 of the Australian constitution and formed from all revenues or…

Cultural appropriation is when elements of one cultural group are adopted by a different group. While there are various types of appropriation such as fashion, art and music, this essay will focus on fashion appropriation of Indigenous Americans (also known as Native Americans). Fashion appropriation of Indigenous Americans refers to the adoption of cultural elements such as war bonnets, totem poles and tribal markings, used on clothing, hair or decoration. Fashion appropriation of the…

Gabbana are the critiques of cultural appropriation. Accusations of cultural appropriation are prevalent at almost every Fashion Week, Vogue, or…

of cultural appropriation in high fashion, I have discovered there is a disparity between artists, academics, and the public. This communication gap between the three parties illustrates a challenge which backs my thesis that cultural appropriation in high fashion is justified if it creates a message that is accurately received by the audience, specifically if the audience belong to the appropriated culture. Miscommunication is what prohibits most instances of cultural appropriation in high…

Appropriation Art is the concept of taking a previously imagined and created idea and altering it either dramatically or slightly to the artist’s liking to fit the artwork. It is the idea that the new work recontextualizes whatever it borrows to create the new work. In most cases the original 'thing' remains accessible as the original, without change.The ‘copied’ artworks can be comprised of objects seen in everyday life or can be from another artist’s work.The earliest cases of Art…

Among academics, the conversation about morality in regard to cultural appropriation concerns to what extent cultural appropriation is morally just. No academic involved in the debate of cultural appropriation and morality explicitly addresses what is defined as moral or ethical justice. This is partially because there is no universal accepted understanding of what is and is not moral, morality is a matter of an individual’s beliefs and values. Furthermore, ethics are the acting practices of…