Encyclopedia - Cultural Appropriation: Encyclopedia - Cultural Appropriation
Cultural appropriation, also referred to as cultural theft by its detractors or as a subset of acculturation by others, is the adoption o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cultural Appropriation: Encyclopedia Ii - Cultural Appropriation - Examples
A common sort of cultural appropriation is the adoption of the iconography of another culture. Obvious examples include tattoos of Hindu ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Music: Encyclopedia Ii - World Music - Cultural Appropriation In Western Music
World music as a cultural-economic phenomenon is inextricably linked with the invention of sound recording and the development of the int...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Camp Style: Encyclopedia - Camp Style
The term camp—normally used as an adjective, even though earliest recorded uses employed it mainly as a verb—refers to the deliberate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open Source Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Open Source Culture - Examples
Open source culture - Appropriation art. Main article: appropriation art Since the early years of the 20th century, the idea of ownersh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open Source Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Open Source Culture - Open Source Culture And Networking
Essentially born out of a desire for increased general access to digital media, internet is open source culture's most valuable asset. It...   » Read the article

Article - Buddharupa
Buddharupa (literally, 'Form of the Awakened One') is the Sanskrit term used in Buddhism for statues or models of the Buddha. Despite cul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open Source Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Open Source Culture - Economic Implications
There has not been extensive economic study on open sourced models of works such as books, photographs, paintings, sculpture, music, tech...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dreadlocks: Encyclopedia - Dreadlocks
Dreadlocks, sometimes called simply dreads or locks, are matted ropes of hair which will form by themselves if the hair is allowed to gro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leprechaun: Encyclopedia - Leprechaun
In Irish mythology, a leprechaun (Modern Irish: leipreachán) is a type of male elf said to inhabit the island of Ireland. They are a cla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vanilla Ice: Encyclopedia - Vanilla Ice
Robert Van Winkle (born October 31, 1968 in Miami Lakes, Florida), better known as Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper, known today for th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American Culture: Encyclopedia - African American Culture
African American culture is both part of, and distinct from American culture. From their earliest presence in North America, Africans and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Appropriation Art: Encyclopedia - Appropriation Art
To appropriate something involves taking possession of it. In the visual arts, the term appropriation often refers to the use of borrowed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Camp Style: Encyclopedia Ii - Camp Style - Academic Appropriation Or Proliferation Of Camp
While the success of postmodernism granted camp a place in mainstream art and literature analysis, as well as a certain weight in contemp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benny Goodman: Encyclopedia - Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman, born Benjamin David Goodman, (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was a famous Jazz musician, known as "King of Swing", "Patri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddharupa: Encyclopedia - Buddharupa
Buddharupa (literally, 'Form of the Awakened One') is the Sanskrit term used in Buddhism for statues or models of the Buddha. Despite cul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bisexuality In The Arab World: Encyclopedia - Bisexuality In The Arab World
Bisexuality has a universal history. People in most known societies have exhibited varying degrees of bisexuality, and most of what is ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Articulation Sociology: Encyclopedia - Articulation Sociology
In sociology, articulation labels the process by which particular classes appropriate cultural forms and practices for their own use. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nativity: Encyclopedia - Nativity
Nativity is the general time and place of a person's birth and early years. The term has evolved a strong association, at least in Wester...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Discipline: Encyclopedia - Child Discipline
Methods of child discipline vary widely between cultures and have in recent times changed considerably in many of them. In western socie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vortex Mixer: Encyclopedia - Vortex Mixer
A Vortex Mixer is a simple device used most commonly in cell culture and microbiology laboratories to suspend cells, although it can be u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brunch: Encyclopedia - Brunch
Cuisine | Kitchens Wikibooks: Cookbook Brunch is a late morning meal between breakfast and lunch, as a replacement to both meals, usually...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Linguistic Imperialism: Encyclopedia Ii - Linguistic Imperialism - Language Imperialism
Linguistic imperialism - English language imperialism. Phillipson defines English linguistic imperialism as: "the dominance asserted a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wigger: Encyclopedia Ii - Wigger - Celebrities And Media Characterization
"Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" by The Offspring is a famous song about wigger culture [1]. It describes a "wannabe" white man who attempt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dreadlocks: Encyclopedia Ii - Dreadlocks - Meaning And Popularity
There are many reasons among various cultures for wearing dreadlocks. Dreads can be an expression of deep religious or spiritual convicti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leprechaun: Encyclopedia Ii - Leprechaun - Etymology
There are a number of possible etymologies of the name "leprechaun". One of the most widely accepted theories is that the name comes from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vanilla Ice: Encyclopedia Ii - Vanilla Ice - Early Career
Before To the Extreme, he made an indie release titled Hooked. It had most of the tracks which were to be later included on To the Extrem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minstrel Show: Encyclopedia Ii - Minstrel Show - History
Minstrel show - Early development. Blackface characters began appearing on the American stage by the late 17th century, usually as serv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - African American Culture - Religion
Enslaved Africans brought their own religious beliefs and practices with them when they were forced on ships from Africa to the New World...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afrocentrism: Encyclopedia Ii - Afrocentrism - The Debate Over Afrocentrism
Critics of Afrocentrism counter that much historical Afrocentric research simply lacks scientific merit and that it actually seeks to sup...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American Music: Encyclopedia Ii - African American Music - 19th Century
The influence of African Americans on mainstream American music began in the 19th century, with the advent of blackface minstrelsy. The b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nigger: Encyclopedia Ii - Nigger - Uses Of Word
"In 1600 I was a darkie, until 1865 a slave. In 1900, I was a nigger, or at least that was my name. In 1960, I was a negro..." —Gil Sco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wigger: Encyclopedia Ii - Wigger - Interpretations Of The Trend
According to James Toback, the director of Black and White, the 1950s incarnation of this concept, the white Negro, rejected his or her o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dreadlocks: Encyclopedia Ii - Dreadlocks - History
The first known examples of dreadlocks date back to ancient dynastic Egypt, where Egyptian royalty and commoners wearing dreadlocked hair...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blackface: Encyclopedia Ii - Blackface - History And The Shaping Of Racist Archetypes
It is commonly believed that Lewis Hallam, Jr., an Anglo-American comedic actor, brought blackface to prominence as a theatrical device w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leprechaun: Encyclopedia Ii - Leprechaun - Mythology
Leprechauns rarely appear in what would be classed as a folk tale, in almost all cases the interest of these stories centres round a huma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leprechaun: Encyclopedia Ii - Leprechaun - Appearance
The leprechaun originally had a different appearance depending on where in Ireland he was found.[11] Prior to the 20th century, it was ge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leprechaun: Encyclopedia Ii - Leprechaun - In Politics
In the politics of the Republic of Ireland, leprechauns have been used to refer to the twee aspects of the tourist industry in Ireland [1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leprechaun: Encyclopedia Ii - Leprechaun - Popular Culture
Movies, television cartoons and advertising have popularized a specific image of leprechauns which bears scant resemblance to anything fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vanilla Ice: Encyclopedia Ii - Vanilla Ice - Later Career
Ice returned to music in 1994 (see 1994 in music) with Mind Blowin'. Ice was now reimaged as a dreadlocked, marijuana-obsessed gangster, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vanilla Ice: Encyclopedia Ii - Vanilla Ice - Third Chance
His latest album is Platinum Underground. 2001's Bipolar, a two-CD set. The first disc covers his recent nu metal material and the second...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minstrel Show: Encyclopedia Ii - Minstrel Show - Music And Dance
Music and dance were the heart of the minstrel show and a large reason for its popularity. Troupes marketed sheet music of the songs they...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minstrel Show: Encyclopedia Ii - Minstrel Show - Legacy
Minstrel-show characters played a powerful role in shaping assumptions about African Americans. However, unlike vehemently anti-black pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minstrel Show: Encyclopedia Ii - Minstrel Show - Structure
The Christy Minstrels established the basic structure of the minstrel show in the 1840s. A parade to the theater often preceded the perfo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minstrel Show: Encyclopedia Ii - Minstrel Show - Characters
The earliest minstrel characters took as their base popular white stage archetypes — frontiersmen, fishermen, hunters, and riverboatsme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rock And Roll: Encyclopedia Ii - Rock And Roll - Precursors And Origins
Main article: Origins of rock and roll Rock and roll emerged as a defined musical style in America in the 1950s, though elements of rock ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rock And Roll: Encyclopedia Ii - Rock And Roll - British Rock And Roll
Main article: British rock The Trad jazz movement brought blues artists to Britain, and in 1955 Lonnie Donegan's version of "Rock Island ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rock And Roll: Encyclopedia Ii - Rock And Roll - Decline And Rebirth
Main article: Rock (music). At the end of the 1950s the original Rock 'n' Roll rush faded, as stars like Elvis Presley diverted into the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - African American Culture - Agriculture And Food
The cultivation and use of many agricultural products in the U.S., such as yams, peanuts, rice, okra, sorghum, grits, watermelon, indigo ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - African American Culture - Holidays
In 1926 African American scholar Carter Godwin Woodson organized the first Negro History Week, to focus attention on previously neglected...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afrocentrism: Encyclopedia Ii - Afrocentrism - Egypt And The Argument Of African Cultural Unity
Afrocentrists claim that early dynastic Egypt was a black civilization.[citation needed] Modern geopolitics generally place Egypt in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torah Im Derech Eretz: Encyclopedia Ii - Torah Im Derech Eretz - Derech Eretz: The Way Of The Land
The phrase Torah im Derech Eretz is first found in the Mishna in Tractate Avoth (2:2): "Beautiful is the study of Torah with derech eretz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torah Im Derech Eretz: Encyclopedia Ii - Torah Im Derech Eretz - Contemporary Influence
Torah im Derech Eretz remains influential as a philosophy in Orthodox Judaism. Although usually associated with Modern Orthodox Judaism, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afrocentrism: Encyclopedia Ii - Afrocentrism - History Of Afrocentrism
The beginnings of modern Afrocentric scholarship can be found in the work of African-American and Caribbean intellectuals early in the tw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Music: Encyclopedia Ii - World Music - The 1900s
Beginning around the turn of the 20th century, the invention of sound recording and motion pictures enabled American mass-entertainment c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torah Im Derech Eretz: Encyclopedia Ii - Torah Im Derech Eretz - Torah Im Derech Eretz
When Hirsch first came to Frankfurt in 1851, he proclaimed Torah im Derech Eretz as the "banner" for his congregation, the Israelitische ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afrocentrism: Encyclopedia Ii - Afrocentrism - Black-centered History And Africa
The relationship among racial, cultural and continental identities is one of the more difficult problems in Afrocentic thought. Despite t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torah Im Derech Eretz: Encyclopedia Ii - Torah Im Derech Eretz - Interpretation
The philosophy of Torah im Derech Eretz can be interpreted broadly and narrowly. This distinction arises particularly in light of Hirsch�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afrocentrism: Encyclopedia Ii - Afrocentrism - A Different World-view
I am apt to suspect the Negroes...to be naturally inferior to the White. There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torah Im Derech Eretz: Encyclopedia Ii - Torah Im Derech Eretz - Neo-orthodoxy: The Breuer Communities
In 1851, Hirsch became the rabbi in Frankfurt am Main. This community soon became the model for “modern communities” strict in adhere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technology: Encyclopedia Ii - Technology - Science Engineering And Technology
The distinctions between science, engineering and technology are not always clear. Generally, science is the reasoned investigation or st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technology: Encyclopedia Ii - Technology - History Of Technology
The history of technology is at least as old as humanity (certainly by the time of homo habilis); some primitive forms of tools have been...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technology: Encyclopedia Ii - Technology - The Nature Of Technology
Technology - General characteristics. With the ubiquity of technology in use in modern society, it may seem futile to attempt a compreh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American Music: Encyclopedia Ii - African American Music - Early 20th Century
The early part of the 20th century saw a constant rise in popularity of African American blues and jazz. As well as the developments in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technology: Encyclopedia Ii - Technology - Economics And Technological Development
Technology - Funding. Many ways of funding have been found out by Spanish raisons. These are some: The government is a major contribut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technology: Encyclopedia Ii - Technology - Side Effects
There are two types of effects from the use of technology, main effects and side effects. Main effects are those intended by the technolo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American Music: Encyclopedia Ii - African American Music - Mid 20th Century
By the 1940s, cover versions of African American songs were commonplace, and frequently topped the charts, while the original musicians f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technology: Encyclopedia Ii - Technology - Control
Technology - Autonomous technology. In one line of thought, technology develops autonomously, in other words technology seems to feed o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American Music: Encyclopedia Ii - African American Music - The 1970s And 1980s
The 1970s saw a general decline in the popularity of black bands. Album-oriented soul continued its popularity, while musicians like Smok...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American Music: Encyclopedia Ii - African American Music - The 1990s And 2000s
The end of the 20th century and the dawn of the new millenum brought us some of the best and maybe most controversial African American mu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technology: Encyclopedia Ii - Technology - Technology And Philosophy
Technology - Technicism. Generally, Technicism is an overreliance or overconfidence in technology as a benefactor of society. Taken to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Music: Encyclopedia Ii - World Music - Terminology
In essence, the term "world music" refers to any form of music that is not part of modern mainstream Western commercial popular music or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Music: Encyclopedia Ii - World Music - The Early Sixties: Folk Meets Pop
After World War II a small but growing market developed for Western folk music and recordings of non-Western music, and this was supplied...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Music: Encyclopedia Ii - World Music - 1965-1967: From Norwegian Wood To Monterey Pop
Pop musicians first began to move outside the Western tradition in the mid-Sixties, when they started mixing Western electric pop with in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nigger: Encyclopedia Ii - Nigger - Avoiding Offense
Nigger - The N-Word. The euphemism "the N-word" became a part of the American lexicon during the racially polarizing trial of O.J. Simp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Music: Encyclopedia Ii - World Music - 1968-1986: Joujouka To Graceland
In 1968 Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones recorded the Master Musicians of Joujouka in the village of Joujouka in northern Morocco. Jo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nigger: Encyclopedia Ii - Nigger - Combinations With Other Words
Within American culture, following the word nigger with a second word connotes an extremely negative conception of that second word, usua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Music: Encyclopedia Ii - World Music - After 1987: Womad And Beyond
The origins of the term World Music in relation to the selling of this type of music began in 1982 when World Music Day (Fête de la Musi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lyonesse: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyonesse - Lyonesse In Arthurian Legend
According to Arthurian legend, Lyonesse is the birthplace of Tristan, son of King Meliodas (or Rivalen). One of the signs of King Arthur'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lyonesse: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyonesse - Kings Of Lyonesse
There is evidence that in Roman times the Isles of Scilly comprised one large island, known as Siluram Insulam (or Sylina Insula). Accord...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lyonesse: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyonesse - Lyonesse In Celtic Mythology
Lyonesse was central to both Cornish and Breton mythology. In Christian times it became to be viewed as a sort of Cornish Sodom and Gomor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lyonesse: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyonesse - Appropriation Of Lyonesse In Modern English-language Fiction
It has been appropriated outside Cornwall as the setting for modern fantasy stories, notably Jack Vance's Lyonesse trilogy. In Stephen R....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blackface: Encyclopedia Ii - Blackface - Blackface And Darky Iconography
The darky icon itself—googly-eyed, with inky skin; exaggerated white, pink or red lips; and bright, white teeth—became a common motif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blackface: Encyclopedia Ii - Blackface - Modern-day Manifestations
Over time, blackface and darky iconography became artistic and stylistic devices associated with art deco and the Jazz Age. By the 1950s ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blackface: Encyclopedia Ii - Blackface - Blackface Minstrelsy And World Popular Culture
Despite its racist portrayals, blackface minstrelsy was the conduit through which African-American and African-American-influenced music,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Māori Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Māori Culture - Activities
The most appropriate venue for any Māori cultural event is a marae, an enclosed area of land where a wharenui or meeting house (literall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Camp Style: Encyclopedia Ii - Camp Style - Origins And Development
The OED gives 1909 as the first citation of "camp" in print, with the sense of "ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effemina...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Camp Style: Encyclopedia Ii - Camp Style - Examples Of Camp
Camp is best explained to those unfamiliar with the concept of camp through the use of examples. Television shows such as The Brady Bunch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Linguistic Imperialism: Encyclopedia Ii - Linguistic Imperialism - Criticism And Counter-attack
Linguistic imperialism - The critics. Many scholars have participated in lively (not to say heated) discussions of Phillipson’s claim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexuality And Gender Identity-based Cultures: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexuality And Gender Identity-based Cultures - Influence On Culture At Large
Sexual minority cultures frequently and consistently influence the broader culture at large, including straight culture. Slang frequently...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hacker Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Hacker Culture - History
As the above implies, it was not always appropriate to speak of a single hacker culture. Before the computing world was as networked as i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Art - Art Mediums
Each Christian religious sect has its own rules defining what is an appropriate way to represent the life and times of Jesus. Difference...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kahoolawe: Encyclopedia Ii - Kahoolawe - Transfer Of Title And Uxb Cleanup
In 1993, Senator Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaiʻi sponsored Title X of the Fiscal Year 1994 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, directi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Historical And Cultural Context
Many aspects of the Roman culture were appropriated from the Ancient Greeks. In architecture and sculpture, the continuity between Greek ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Metrosexual: Encyclopedia Ii - Metrosexual - Common Usage
While included in the original definition, gay men are not "metrosexual" in common usage, since such interests are stereotypically consid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Music: Encyclopedia Ii - World Music - Awards For World Music 2005
The BBC presents awards for World Music artists every year. The hosts for the Awards for World Music 2005 Poll Winners' Concert were Eliz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antelope: Encyclopedia Ii - Antelope - Hybrid Antelope
A wide variety of Antelope hybrids have been recorded in zoos. This is due to a lack of more appropriate mates in enclosures shared with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buttocks: Encyclopedia Ii - Buttocks - Popular Culture
There are endless references, even during the days of the Hays Office. The rules seemed to be that the buttocks could be referenced, but ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Balti People: Encyclopedia Ii - Balti People - Script
Brahmi was used for written Balti between the 5th to 6th century. However, with the introduction of the Tibetan script under king Khri Ge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clairvoyance: Encyclopedia Ii - Clairvoyance - Clairvoyance Through History
There have been anecdotal reports of clairvoyance and claims of clairvoyant abilities on the part of some throughout history in most cult...   » Read the article