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 four other Bloomsbury publications: Fashioning Japanese Subcultures (2012), Sneakers (2016), Fashion-ology (2004, 2018), and Doing Research in Fashion and Dress (2011, 2020). Jung-Whan Marc de Jong is Associate Professor of Sociology at Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA.

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. Fashion
In Pursuit of Exoticism and Novelty
Biological, Cultural, and Sartorial Hierarchies
Conceptual Typologies
The Strength of Weak Virtual Ties
Conclusion
Suggested Discussion Examples
Suggested Further Reading

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