Cultural Appropriation in Fashion and Entertainment

Yuniya Kawamura is Professor of Sociology at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA. She is the author of Doing Research in Fashion and Dress (2011), Fashioning Japanese Subcultures (2012), and Sneakers (2016).

Preface

1. Introduction - Culture
Culture in Classical Social Theory
Schools of Thought: Value-laden and Value-neutral Culture
Conceptual Tools for Cultural Analysis
Outline of the Book
Conclusion
Suggested Further Reading

2. Academic Studies on Cultural Appropriation
Definitions, Processes, and Types
Logos, Mascots, and Nicknames
Gastronomy and Cuisine
Literary Works
Adornment
Conclusion
Suggested Discussion Examples

3. Appreciations for Exoticism and Novelty
Social Darwinism: Biological, Cultural, and Sartorial Hierarchies
Conceptual Typologies for Cultural Appropriation Analysis
The Strength of Weak Virtual Ties in the Age of Anomie
Conclusion
Suggested Discussion Examples

4. Entertainment
What is Sociological about Entertainment?
The Commodification of Culture and the Other
Conditions of Cultural Appropriation
The Production of Culture in Social Media Age
Cultural Hybridization and Cultural Appropriation
Conclusion
Suggested Discussion Examples

5. Ambivalence and Paradox: Derritorialization and Reterritorialization in the Globalized World
Cross-cultural Encounters in a Historical Context
Globalization and Deterritorialization
Immigration and Cultural Globalization through Mediascapes
Culture as Epistemological Relativism: Coexisting with Harmonious Differences
Ambivalence in Fashion Globalization
Cultural Authentication Process: Cultural Integration and Hybridization
Conclusion
Suggested Further Reading

Conclusion