reappropriation

Examples

• All

• Their modes of creation and reappropriation of symbols and cultural products blend to become increasingly diffuse.

  Academic text (1991)

• This incoming imaginary was subjected to a complex process of cultural reappropriation.

  Academic text (2007)

• This reappropriation and resignification of public space encompasses a wide set of interests, including human rights and memory activists and street artisans (see Tandeciarz 2007 for a discussion of some examples of this).

  Academic text (2008)

• Through reappropriation, the community transformed a derogatory term into a symbol of pride and identity.

• This film showcases the reappropriation of popular culture elements to challenge societal norms and conventions.

Synonyms

A

appropriation

vsreappropriation

15 6.9

Taking something for yourself, often without permission

adds the making of new cultural meanings and contexts rather than mere taking

R

reinterpretation

vsreappropriation

4 6.2

A new meaning people give to something like a song or story

does the same but also implies active taking of cultural elements

B

borrowing

vsreappropriation

2 3.4

Taking words, ideas, or styles from other people and using them in your work

highlights taking plus creating new cultural meanings rather than simple reuse

R

recontextualization

vsreappropriation

• Jargon

1 9.8

Putting something into a new situation to give it a different meaning

focuses on taking elements and assigning new cultural meanings

How Transformative

reinvention

12 4.6

reappropriation

• Formal

1 8.9

recontextualization

• Jargon

1 9.8

adaptation

50 3.7

borrowing

2 3.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology