The use of appropriation in films or imitating an already existing scene into a new one allow directors like Quentin Tarantino to creatively combine and remix fragments of different movies and cultures; And thus provide audience with exposure to past genres and texts in a modernized format. If it is true that everything is a remix, what is the contribution of remix culture to our film industry? In this essay, I will use Quentin Tarantino as an example to analyze the influence of the borrowing culture
inferiority’. (Said, 1993) Asian women were feminized and seen as docile and shy, with this notion carried over into books, films and advertisements still seen today. This in turn desensitized society, with any mention of cultural appropriation dismissed without a second glance. This essay hence intends to examine how the misconstrued idea of the Asian female form can be debunked and made positive, as well as observing the effects this
The author, Anne McClintock, criticizes the sexism of modern nationalism in her essay, titled, “Family Feuds: Gender, Nationalism and the Family”. McClintock argues that, “All nationalisms are gendered .. All nations depend on powerful constructions of gender (61) and she also investigates how national political institutions and systems of cultural representation help support the “institutionalization of gender difference”(61). Mohanty says something very similar, “The assumption of women as an
dispositions the viewer is fundamental to this cultural subjectivism, since he can be either inferred as a citizen, a migrant or a connoisseur (mostly thought be a Westerner). Annie Coombes and Nestor Garcia Canclini examine this cultural relativism in curatorial and museum practices and how it is stretched to truss over a post colonial rhetoric of decolonization and self determination. Annie Coombes in her essay takes up the issue of such curatorial
resources through which we constitute a common culture and through the appropriation of which we insert ourselves into this culture. Media spectacles demonstrate who has power and who is powerless, who is allowed to exercise force and violence, and who is not. They dramatize
To what extent was the May-Fourth Movement a Chinese Enlightenment movement? I. Introduction May-Fourth Movement is an important intellectual and cultural movement that had a great influence towards China. Originally, the movement was carried out by university students, which aimed at protesting against the government decisions towards the Shandong Province, in which Japan had been given the right to overtake the control, despite China being one of the winning countries after World War I. The
Predominantly a discussion on the style of the Hindi film music, the essay also has sections on film music of regional films as well as, as a lead up to his focus, a discussion on popular music outside the realm of cinema. What distinguishes Manuel’s work is his concern for the “popular”. He expresses doubt as to whether
This essay will be focusing on the statement made by John E. Vollmer, “Cultural authentication in dress is a process of assimilation through which a garment or an accessory external to a culture is adopted and changed. With this change, over time, the artifact becomes a vital, valued part of the adopting culture’s dress”. In this argument, will look at this process with three examples. There will be three different example: ear and facial piercings in the current world for aesthetic purposes, a fashion
devoid of ulterior motive or satirical impulse, i.e. it is satisfied with the appropriation of previous fashions or styles, without attempt to mock or critique them. Based on the death of subject and the impossibility of parody, the notion of pastiche, however, arouses the question about the boundary: to what extent and in what context can the hypothesis function? Using The Longest Nite (1998) as an example, this essay will try to evaluate to what extent a postmodern movie can or cannot fit into
from Boy London’s adaptation, the resemblance is irrefutable. This image is the form encapsulated in the cultural mythology of ----. While this essay will focus primarily on the Boy London use of the text both in its sub-cultural and mass-culture contexts, it is crucial to first outline its origins in Nazi Germany in order to understand the histories that have been eradicated in the appropriation and re-signification of the symbol. In