Stealing My Religion: Not Just Any Cultural Appropriation

by Liz Bucar

Book Overview

From sneaker ads and the "solidarity hijab" to yoga classes and secular hikes along the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route, the essential guide to the murky ethics of religious appropriation.

We think we know cultural appropriation when we see it. Blackface or Native American headdresses as Halloween costumes--these clearly give offense. But what about Cardi B posing as the Hindu Goddess Durga in a Reebok ad, AA's twelve-step invocation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674987039
• ISBN13: 9780674987036
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"