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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Bucar, Elizabeth M.
Titre(s) : Stealing my religion [Texte imprimé] : not just any cultural appropriation / Liz Bucar
Publication : Cambridge (Mass.) ; London : Harvard University Press, 2022
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (viii-260 pages) : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
"We think we know cultural appropriation when we see it. Blackface or Native American
headdresses as Halloween costumes―these clearly give offense. But what about Cardi
B posing as the Hindu goddess Durga in a Reebok ad, AA's twelve-step invocation of
God, or the earnest namaste you utter at the end of yoga class? Liz Bucar unpacks
the ethical dilemmas of a messy form of cultural appropriation: the borrowing of religious
doctrines, rituals, and dress for political, economic, and therapeutic reasons. Does
borrowing from another's religion harm believers? Who can consent to such borrowings?
Bucar sees religion as an especially vexing arena for appropriation debates because
faiths overlap and imitate each other and because diversity within religious groups
scrambles our sense of who is an insider and who is not. Indeed, if we are to understand
why some appropriations are insulting and others benign, we have to ask difficult
philosophical questions about what religions really are. Stealing My Religion guides
us through three revealing case studies―the hijab as a feminist signal of Muslim allyship,
a study abroad “pilgrimage” on the Camino de Santiago, and the commodification of
yoga in the West. We see why the Vatican can't grant Rihanna permission to dress up
as the pope, yet it's still okay to roll out our yoga mats. Reflecting on her own
missteps, Bucar comes to a surprising conclusion: the way to avoid religious appropriation
isn't to borrow less but to borrow more―to become deeply invested in learning the
roots and diverse meanings of our enthusiasms."
Sujet(s) : Appropriation culturelle -- Religion
Religion et culture -- Aspect moral
Sociologie religieuse
Genre ou forme : Études de cas
Indice(s) Dewey : 306.6 (23e éd.) = Institutions religieuses (sociologie)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780674987036 (rel.). - ISBN 0674987039
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47100890m
Notice n° :
FRBNF47100890
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Solidarity Hijab ; Playing Pilgrim ; Respite Yoga.
