{"id":713,"date":"2018-03-04T23:29:50","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T04:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/productionracestyle\/?p=713"},"modified":"2018-03-07T08:59:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T13:59:47","slug":"pham-inappropriate-discourse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/productionracestyle\/2018\/03\/04\/pham-inappropriate-discourse\/","title":{"rendered":"Pham &amp; Inappropriate discourse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 800px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-713-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/urctlt.com\/productionracestyle\/03\/pham-3.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/urctlt.com\/productionracestyle\/03\/pham-3.mp4\">http:\/\/urctlt.com\/productionracestyle\/03\/pham-3.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">I really like Minh-Ha Pham\u2019s argument about moving from \u201ccultural appropriation\u201d to \u201cinappropriate\u201d discourse. It is<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>a positive and progressive way to look at how the fashion industry commodifies culture from minorities. I personally agree with Pham and think that the term \u201ccultural appropriation\u201d allows for individuals to twist and call it \u201ccultural appreciation\u201d. However, the reality is that those in elite social positions are commodifying culture from those who lack power. I thought this article was strongly connected to the arguments from Elana Levine and Michael Newman. I think the core argument from both Levine &amp; Newman and Pham\u2019s articles is how those with high social power steal \u201ctrue culture\u201d from those with low social power for commercialization and commodification purposes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This personally made me think of Miley Cyrus and Kylie Jenner wearing corn rows, but since I already did a blog post on them I decided to look at other celebrities that engage in \u201cinappropriate discourse\u201d. I started to think about how Katy Perry has culturally appropriated several different cultures in different musical performances and music videos. In Katy Perry\u2019s music video Dark Horse she robs the historic and vibrant culture of Egypt as well as African American culture when she puts on her grill. Additionally, when she preformed at the AMA\u2019s in 2013 she dressed as a Geisha. In Japanese culture, Geisha\u2019s are female entertainers who act as hostesses and are highly respected in Japanese culture. For this post I used video clips from her music video and performance along with photos of the culture that are being commodified and abused. I think the clips and photos show how the \u201crich aesthetic and social history\u201d of these different cultures are being \u201centirely left out of the discussion\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really like Minh-Ha Pham\u2019s argument about moving from \u201ccultural appropriation\u201d to \u201cinappropriate\u201d discourse. It is\u00a0 a positive and progressive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2675,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[72728],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-racialized-fashions"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/productionracestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/productionracestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/productionracestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/productionracestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2675"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/productionracestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/productionracestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/productionracestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/productionracestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/productionracestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}