The Process of Cultural Appropriation in Literature and How It Can Be Changed

<p>This paper explores the ways cultural appropriation has existed in literature from the time of Sylvia Plath's poem "Daddy" to the present, with the publication of Jeanine Cummins's novel <em>American Dirt</em>. After dissecting the motives behind the exploitation of traumatic events and acknowledging the consequences appropriation has on the individuals it is portraying, the inclusion of NoViolet Bulawayo's novel <em>We Need New Names</em> proposes a way for contemporary literature to revolve around cultures without silencing voices and allowing individual identities to shine in the texts.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year dc:date.available

2020

Author dc:creator

• Meza, Wendy

Contributors dc:contributor

• Harold Aram Veeser
• Robert Higney
• Andras Kisery

• Cultural Appropriation
• Contemporary Literature
• Migration
• Exploitation
• Identity
• Literary Prize Culture
• English Language and Literature

Repository record dc:identifier

https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cc_etds_theses/843

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:academicworks.cuny.edu:cc_etds_theses-1937