THE ART & POLITICS OF CULTURAL APPROPRIATION
by Kenan Malik
The latest issue of Art Review carries, under the headline ‘The truth about “cultural appropriation”‘, an edited version of my recent talk on cultural appropriation at London’s Rich Mix. Here is an extract: One of the key arguments of many such critics is that one speaks through one’s identity; that one speaks, as writer Nesrine Malik has put it, ‘as a’: ‘as a woman’, ‘as a Muslim’, ‘as an immigrant’. And those who are not ‘as a’ must take their cue […]
Categories: Culture & Books • Tags: amiri baraka, cultural appropriation, culture, dana schutz, emmett till, henry taylor, identity politics, kamila shamsie, racism
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