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The 273 pages that link to Cultural appropriation, each with the reason it gives.
YellowfaceRelated: Yellowface raises questions about who profits from representing another group’s identity.
Adolf LoosRelated: Loos’s writing on ornament and cultural development has drawn criticism for its colonial assumptions.
Authenticity in artRelated: Claims of authentic cultural representation often turn on who uses a tradition and under what conditions.
Carmen MirandaRelated: Debates about Miranda’s image concern how Brazilian styles were adapted for U.S. entertainment.
Cheb MamiRelated: Raï’s international pop framing raises questions about credit, ownership, and cultural translation.
DidgeridooRelated: Commercial use and performance can raise questions about permission, attribution, and cultural authority.
Modern paganismRelated: Debates over borrowing Indigenous and closed practices shape ethical boundaries in some pagan communities.
Oswald de AndradeRelated: Anthropophagy reframes appropriation as active transformation rather than passive borrowing.
African-American danceRelated: Commercial reuse of Black dance can separate styles from their creators and communities.
Brazilian CarnivalRelated: Carnival costume and performance debates can involve unequal power over cultural symbols.
DuBose HeywardRelated: Critics have used this framework to examine white authorship of a story centered on Black life.
Goddess movementRelated: Critics question the movement’s use of Indigenous and other traditions as universal goddess heritage.
Ladysmith Black MambazoRelated: Debate about Graceland centers partly on how South African music was used and credited.
Postmodern musicRelated: Borrowing across traditions raises questions about ownership, power, and the ethics of musical quotation.
Rainbow SerpentRelated: Commercial or decorative uses of serpent imagery may detach it from community authority and meaning.
Tyra BanksRelated: Criticism of some photo shoots on Banks’s show raised questions about race and representation.
Wedding dressRelated: Using culturally specific bridal garments can raise questions of respect and appropriation.
Western canonRelated: Debates over canon boundaries also concern who can interpret and claim cultural works.
2012 phenomenonRelated: Some 2012 narratives detached Maya calendar traditions from living Maya communities and scholarship.
Belly danceRelated: The term frames disputes over who profits from and represents the dance.
Buddhism in the WestRelated: Debates over ownership and context arise when Buddhist symbols and practices circulate in Western settings.
EclecticismRelated: Cross-cultural eclectic choices can reproduce unequal relations when sources are detached from their contexts.
KukulkanRelated: Commercial uses of Kukulkan imagery raise questions about who represents Maya heritage and benefits from it.
LacrosseRelated: Lacrosse's growth has prompted debate over recognition, ownership, and Indigenous contributions.
Music of the United StatesRelated: Debates over borrowing and unequal recognition recur throughout American popular music.
Paris Is BurningRelated: The film’s influence raised questions about mainstream artists profiting from ballroom styles.
ShawlRelated: European fashion borrowed South Asian shawl designs while often obscuring their origins.
Street danceRelated: Commercial use of street styles raises questions about credit, context, and who benefits.
Vachel LindsayRelated: This framework helps assess Lindsay’s use of African imagery and invented representations of cultural difference.
Burning ManRelated: Criticism of Burning Man’s language and practices sometimes invokes appropriation and cultural power.
DreadlocksRelated: Wearing locks can prompt disputes about cultural borrowing, ownership, and historical inequality.
HandicraftRelated: Commercial use of community craft designs can raise questions of ownership and consent.
HanfuRelated: Hanfu’s use across communities raises questions about ownership, access, and respectful practice.
John BerrymanRelated: Criticism of the Songs’ minstrel voice examines whose speech Berryman’s poetic masks appropriate.
KarelianismRelated: Karelianism raises questions about turning Karelian traditions into Finnish national property.
LavashRelated: Disputes over naming and ownership of lavash show how food heritage can become politically charged.
Music of CanadaRelated: Cross-cultural musical exchange raises questions about ownership, representation, and unequal recognition.
Solomon LindaRelated: Debate over the song’s adaptations concerns how Linda’s musical contribution was credited and valued.
SuperflatRelated: Superflat’s international reception has prompted debate about how Japanese imagery is interpreted abroad.
Takashi MurakamiRelated: Debates about his use of Japanese imagery and global markets touch on cultural ownership.
Western cultureRelated: Debates about appropriation reveal disputes over Western influence, ownership, and unequal power.
Yma SumacRelated: Her stylized Andean presentation raises questions about authenticity, spectacle, and cultural ownership.
YowieRelated: Retellings can detach yowie stories from Aboriginal communities and present them as generic monster lore.
African traditional medicineRelated: Commercial use of African remedies can separate knowledge from its communities and custodians.
Bolo tieRelated: Its widespread use raises questions about crediting the Indigenous artisans behind related designs.
Buffy Sainte-MarieRelated: The debate around her identity raises broader questions about representation and cultural authority.
Dance crazeRelated: Popular dances can raise questions about who receives credit and commercial benefit.
EarringRelated: Wearing culturally specific ear ornaments can raise questions about context and respect.
Edward S. CurtisRelated: Curtis sometimes used costumes and props that shaped Indigenous subjects to match his ideas of the past.
George LilangaRelated: Debates about global display and interpretation complicate the circulation of Makonde-inspired art.