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2006 , Vol. 1 >Issue 3: 455 - 476

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11466-006-0019-2

Art, authenticity and appropriation

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  • Department of Philosophy, University of Victoria, Victoria BC V8W 3P4, Canada;

Published date: 05 Sep 2006

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Abstract

It is often suggested that artists from one culture (outsiders) cannot successfully employ styles, stories, motifs and other artistic content developed in the context of another culture. I call this suggestion the aesthetic handicap thesis and argue against it. Cultural appropriation can result in works of high aesthetic value.

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James O. Young . Art, authenticity and appropriation[J]. Frontiers of Philosophy in China, 2006 , 1(3) : 455 -476 . DOI: 10.1007/s11466-006-0019-2

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