Tag Archives: native appropriations
More Evidence Fashion Has Run Out of Ideas
While the U.S. holiday widely known as Thanksgiving (November 25, this year) is not celebrated in France, the timing of this editorial of and by American designer Tom Ford in the current issue of French Vogue is ironic, to say … Continue reading
Filed under FASHIONING RACE
Get It: HEAD DRESS
Thanks to Julia from a l’allure garconniere, I have downloaded my very own copy of Kate Burch’s zine HEAD DRESS, “composed entirely of found images from blogs, juxtaposed with critical quotes from theorists and bloggers examining the effects of cultural … Continue reading
THEORY FLASHBACK: Richard Fung, “Working Through Cultural Appropriation” (1993)
Those who advocate against cultural appropriation often assume the definition of this term to be self-evident; those who disparage the formulation make it into something ridiculous. The critique of cultural appropriation has suffered precisely due to a lack of clarity … Continue reading
Cruel (Tribal) Summer
Calling Native Appropriations and My Culture Is Not a Trend! It’s 2:30 a.m. and as I’m sleepily-anxiously editing a section of one of my chapters, I received this in my inbox. I’m going to come back to this later when … Continue reading
Filed under FASHIONING RACE, FASHIONING THE HUMAN
More Native Appropriations, Heritage Capitalism, and Fashion on Antiques Roadshow
This post is inspired by Sarah Scaturro‘s comments to one of my previous posts about the Black Fashion Museum Collection. In her comments, she mentions the Save Our African-American Treasures program, which she describes as “an Antiques Roadshow (minus the … Continue reading
Filed under FASHIONING RACE, VINTAGE POLITICS
THEORY FLASH! Coco Fusco, “Who’s Doin’ the Twist?” in English Is Broken Here (1995)
Like Minh-Ha, I’m dedicating my time this week to my manuscript (and also all the end-of-the-academic-year functions, like graduations and awards ceremonies for “the kids”). But the most recent iteration of the phenomena of “native appropriations” sent me to my … Continue reading
Filed under FASHIONING RACE, FASHIONING THE HUMAN, THEORY TO THINK WITH
Feather in Your “Native” Cap, Redux (in the time of SB1070)
A blog post from the O’odham Newswire, an indigenous youth collective, has been making the rounds on the Internet so you may have already read it. Still, I wanted to re-post it anyway since it speaks directly to a couple … Continue reading
Filed under FASHIONING THE HUMAN, LINKAGE
LINKAGE: The Feather In Your “Native” Cap
In the last few weeks, several writers have tackled the concatenation of concerns surrounding “native appropriations” in so-called hipster fashions. (Feathered headdresses, for example, are among the latest accessories for sale by retailers such as usual suspects Urban Outfitters. For … Continue reading
Filed under FASHIONING RACE, FASHIONING THE HUMAN, LINKAGE
