ETH STD 11AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Dances With Wolves, Cultural Hegemony, Commodification
18 Nov 2020
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On coco fusco"s who"s doin" the twist . If someone were to say to you: cultural appropriation is merely the act of removal of something identifiable from the place it previously occupied. According to fusco, cultural appropriation is more than merely removal from one place to another; it involves taking something from someone and it is rarely an isolated act. It is marked by a historical legacy of violence. Not to recognize this legacy is the primary strategical evasion that permits and perpetuates such acts. According to huhndorf, in her intro to going native , rather than resolving anxieties about racial and cultural hegemony, popular culture distances. Huhndorf, popular culture often reinforces the very racial hierarchies it claims to destabilize, regenerating racial whiteness and the dominant gaze of euro american society.
