Appropriation in

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is, according to James J. Sosnoski, "the

assimilation Assimilation may refer to: Culture * Cultural assimilation, the process whereby a minority group gradually adapts to the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture and customs ** Language shift, also known as language assimilation, the prog ...

of concepts into a governing framework... hearrogation, confiscation, rseizure of

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s." According to Tracy B Strong it contains the Latin root ''proprius'', which, "carries the connotations not only of

property Property is a system of rights that gives people legal control of valuable things, and also refers to the valuable things themselves. Depending on the nature of the property, an owner of property may have the right to consume, alter, share, r ...

, but also of proper,

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, assured and indeed of common or ordinary." He elaborates: "I have appropriated something when I have made it mine, in a manner that I feel comfortable with, that is in a manner to which the challenges of others will carry little or no significance. A

text Text may refer to: Written word * Text (literary theory), any object that can be read, including: **Religious text, a writing that a religious tradition considers to be sacred **Text, a verse or passage from scripture used in expository preachin ...

, we might then say, is appropriated when its reader does not find himself or herself called into question by it, but does find him or herself associated with it. A text is successfully appropriated insofar as the appropriator no longer is troubled with it; it has become a part of his or her understanding, and it is recognized by others as 'owned,' not openly available for

interpretation Interpretation may refer to: Culture * Aesthetic interpretation, an explanation of the meaning of a work of art * Allegorical interpretation, an approach that assumes a text should not be interpreted literally * Dramatic Interpretation, an event ...

." Misappropriation according to Gloria Anzaldúa is "the difference between appropriation misappropriation)">misappropriation.html"_;"title="misappropriation">misappropriation)and_:wikt:proliferation.html" ;"title="misappropriation).html" ;"title="misappropriation.html" ;"title="misappropriation">misappropriation)">misappropriation.html" ;"title="misappropriation">misappropriation)and :wikt:proliferation">proliferation is that the first steals and harms; the second helps heal breaches of knowledge."

Sources

*Thomas, Calvin, ed. (2000). "Introduction: Identification, Appropriation, Proliferation", ''Straight with a Twist: Queer Theory and the Subject of Heterosexuality''. University of Illinois Press. . **Sosnoski, James J. (1993). "A Mindless Man-Driven Theory Machine: Intellectuality, Sexuality, and the Institution of Criticism", ''Feminisms: An Anthology of Literary Theory and Criticism'', p. 50. Eds. Robyn Warhol and Diane L. Herndl. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press. **Strong, Tracy B. (1996). "Nietzsche's Political Misappropriation", ''The Cambridge Companion to Nietzsche'', p. 125. Eds. Bernd Magnus and Kathleen M. Higgins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. **Anzaldúa, Gloria (1990). "Haciendo cara, una entrada", ''Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras: Creative and Critical Perspectives by Feminists of Color'', p.xxi. Ed. Gloria Anzaldúa. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books. * Middleton, Richard (1990/2002). ''Studying Popular Music''. Philadelphia: Open University Press. . **Maróthy (1981). **Stefani (1987). {{DEFAULTSORT:Appropriation (Sociology) Sociological terminology

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