{"id":19210,"date":"2024-03-06T08:10:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T07:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sad-borg.82-223-8-23.plesk.page\/?p=19210"},"modified":"2024-09-10T23:15:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T22:15:26","slug":"the-cultural-appropriation-of-politics-when-tolkien-turns-right-wing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/the-cultural-appropriation-of-politics-when-tolkien-turns-right-wing\/","title":{"rendered":"The cultural appropriation of politics. When Tolkien turns right-wing."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The exhibition &ldquo;<strong>Tolkien. Man, Professor, Author<\/strong>&ldquo;, dedicated to the British writer, philologist, conlanger and linguist considered the father of fantasy literature, ended on 11 February at the Galleria Nazionale d&rsquo;Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome. An event that is apparently part of the normal cultural promotion of a country, but which has raised many questions: are the government and the Fratelli d&rsquo;Italia party, whose head is the prime minister, making political use of the author of <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The question is almost rhetorical and has its origins in a debate that has actually been going on, discreetly, for more than 50 years. An exquisitely Italian debate, as it has never been relevant in other countries: was Tolkien left-wing or right-wing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The historical roots of the issue: Hobbit encampments and Shire gatherings<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The first edition of Tolkien&rsquo;s The Lord of the Rings arrived in Italy at the height of the &ldquo;Years of Lead&rdquo;, when the <strong>Italian Social Movement <\/strong>was searching for an identity that would no longer tie it to the strongly repudiated identity of <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Fascism&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph {&amp;quot;translatedWithWPMLTM&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;} --&amp;gt;1. n. A political and social movement of a totalitarian character that developed in Italy in the first half of the 20th century, characterized by corporatism and nationalist exaltation.&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_articles_wrapper&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_title cmtt_related_articles_title&amp;quot;&gt;Related Articles: &lt;\/div&gt;&lt;ul class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_item&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&amp;quot;https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/maria-calado-eating-disorders-are-starting-earlier-and-theyre-affecting-more-girls\/&amp;quot;target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&gt;Mar&iacute;a Calado: &amp;#8220;Eating disorders are starting earlier and they&amp;#8217;re affecting more girls&rdquo;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;li class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_item&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&amp;quot;https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/zelenski-ukraines-dignity-against-putin-and-trump\/&amp;quot;target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&gt;Zelenski: Ukraine&rsquo;s dignity against Putin and Trump&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;li class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_item&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&amp;quot;https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/8-m-denounces-the-invisible-discrimination-of-carers\/&amp;quot;target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&gt;8-M denounces the invisible discrimination of carers&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;\/ul&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/glossary\/fascism\/\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">fascism<\/a>. The publication of the complete story took place in 1970 and the Rusconi publishing house entrusted the preface to <strong>El&eacute;mire Zolla <\/strong>&ndash; very close to the ideologies of the New Right &ndash; who exalted the clash of history between technological progress and the subjugating power of a disembodied authority and a group of brave comrades who represented, each in a different way, the values of tradition, purity, and spirituality. Let us also remember that Tolkien was a fervent Catholic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the publication onwards a whole series of initiatives followed, promoted by the Youth Front in response to the street movements of the Left, inspired by Tolkien&rsquo;s story, such as the &ldquo;Hobbit Camps&rdquo; or the &nbsp;County Gatherings &ldquo;: cultural, social and entertainment events that flourished until the early 1990s with the intention of creating networks among the young militant &ldquo;nerds&rdquo; of the Right. The reference to Tolkien&rsquo;s ideology was only external, and it mattered little that many other things in his poetics were left out and did not fit in at all with the party&rsquo;s identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\">In a clever move, the Right had appropriated something that militants on the Left had strongly rejected: the marketing strategy that had led to Tolkien&rsquo;s publication in Italy was, in fact, intended to attract a left-wing audience along the lines of what had happened in the US.<\/mark><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The first reprint even received a wrapper that read: &ldquo;The hippies&rsquo; bible&rdquo;. However, Italian literary critics of the time, uninterested in spiritual references and Celtic mythology, immediately dismissed the book as &ldquo;right-wing&rdquo;, &ldquo;racist and <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Reactionary&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph {&amp;quot;translatedWithWPMLTM&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;} --&amp;gt;The term &amp;quot;reactionary&amp;quot; refers to people or ideologies that oppose social, political or economic change or reform, advocating a return to an earlier, often idealised, state.&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_articles_wrapper&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_title cmtt_related_articles_title&amp;quot;&gt;Related Articles: &lt;\/div&gt;&lt;ul class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_item&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&amp;quot;https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/autumns-dana-in-the-mediterranean-after-the-storm-there-is-no-calm\/&amp;quot;target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&gt;Autumn&amp;#8217;s DANA in the Mediterranean: There is No Calm After the Storm&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;li class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_item&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&amp;quot;https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/zelenski-ukraines-dignity-against-putin-and-trump\/&amp;quot;target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&gt;Zelenski: Ukraine&rsquo;s dignity against Putin and Trump&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;li class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_item&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&amp;quot;https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/8-m-denounces-the-invisible-discrimination-of-carers\/&amp;quot;target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&gt;8-M denounces the invisible discrimination of carers&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;\/ul&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/glossary\/reactionary\/\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">reactionary<\/a>&rdquo;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the well-known professor of Medieval History Franco Cardini explains in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barbadillo.it\/41695-cultura-di-f-cardini-tolkien-testimone-della-tradizione-tra-radici-e-fede\/\"> an article<\/a>: &ldquo;In the USA, Tolkien became the guru of the Flower Power and Easy Rider kids, of those who opposed the Vietnam <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;War&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Hostility, armed conflict between two or more free nations or between factions of the same state. It brings death and destruction of resources and property, and its purpose is to impose the will of the victors on the vanquished.&amp;lt;br \/&amp;gt;Wars have left many countries ruined and indebted.&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_articles_wrapper&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_title cmtt_related_articles_title&amp;quot;&gt;Related Articles: &lt;\/div&gt;&lt;ul class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_item&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&amp;quot;https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/plastic-floods-the-seas-chronicle-of-a-new-ecocide-off-the-galician-coast\/&amp;quot;target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&gt;Plastic floods the seas: chronicle of a new ecocide off the Galician coast&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;li class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_item&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&amp;quot;https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/trump-and-the-end-of-the-american-dream\/&amp;quot;target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&gt;Trump and the end of the American dream&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;li class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_item&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&amp;quot;https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/gender-equality-and-boosting-climate-action\/&amp;quot;target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&gt;Gender equality and boosting climate action&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;li class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_item&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&amp;quot;https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/zelenski-ukraines-dignity-against-putin-and-trump\/&amp;quot;target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&gt;Zelenski: Ukraine&rsquo;s dignity against Putin and Trump&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;\/ul&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/glossary\/war\/\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">War<\/a> and dreamed of the magic bus in Kabul. With an apparent paradox, in Italy these voices of protest and these cases of renewal of young people&rsquo;s horizons were not taken up by the official &ldquo;left&rdquo;, which in the sixties and seventies monopolised and regulated cultural life, but by the &ldquo;opposing&rdquo; fringes of the left and the right. However, if the radical left had its idols in Vietnam, Cuba and Che Guevara, Tolkien became instead the banner of a small but interesting right-wing patrol which, inspired above all by the anti-totalitarian and communitarian thinking of Alain de Benoist&rsquo;s Nouvelle Droite, distanced itself from the sterile neo-<a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Fascism&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph {&amp;quot;translatedWithWPMLTM&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;} --&amp;gt;1. n. A political and social movement of a totalitarian character that developed in Italy in the first half of the 20th century, characterized by corporatism and nationalist exaltation.&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_articles_wrapper&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_title cmtt_related_articles_title&amp;quot;&gt;Related Articles: &lt;\/div&gt;&lt;ul class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_item&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&amp;quot;https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/maria-calado-eating-disorders-are-starting-earlier-and-theyre-affecting-more-girls\/&amp;quot;target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&gt;Mar&iacute;a Calado: &amp;#8220;Eating disorders are starting earlier and they&amp;#8217;re affecting more girls&rdquo;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;li class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_item&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&amp;quot;https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/zelenski-ukraines-dignity-against-putin-and-trump\/&amp;quot;target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&gt;Zelenski: Ukraine&rsquo;s dignity against Putin and Trump&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;li class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_item&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&amp;quot;https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/8-m-denounces-the-invisible-discrimination-of-carers\/&amp;quot;target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&gt;8-M denounces the invisible discrimination of carers&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;\/ul&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/glossary\/fascism\/\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">fascism<\/a> of the official MSI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A heated and silent clash<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Two important things happened in the following decades:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&ndash;&nbsp; In Italy, two strongly opposing factions formed, led by associations that would soon become a reference point for Tolkien fandom: a battle began, mainly in the form of publications, essays and web debates, to decide to whom Tolkien belonged, left or right;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&ndash; &nbsp;Tolkien&rsquo;s works became <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Cross-media&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph {&amp;quot;translatedWithWPMLTM&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;} --&amp;gt;A product promoted in different media in order to reach a wider segment of the public.&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/glossary\/cross-media\/\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">cross-media<\/a>: Peter Jackson&rsquo;s film <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Adaptation&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph {&amp;quot;translatedWithWPMLTM&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;} --&amp;gt;The process of adjusting to current or projected climate change and its impacts. It includes measures to reduce vulnerability and increase resilience of human and natural systems.&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_articles_wrapper&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_title cmtt_related_articles_title&amp;quot;&gt;Related Articles: &lt;\/div&gt;&lt;ul class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_item&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&amp;quot;https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/climate-emergency-and-health-challenges\/&amp;quot;target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&gt;Climate emergency and health challenges&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;li class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_item&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&amp;quot;https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/climate-disinformation-a-threat-to-climate-action-and-young-peoples-future\/&amp;quot;target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&gt;Climate disinformation: a threat to climate action and young people&amp;#8217;s future&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;li class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_item&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&amp;quot;https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/the-impact-of-climate-change-in-southern-italy\/&amp;quot;target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&gt;The impact of climate change in southern Italy&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;li class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_item&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&amp;quot;https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/portugal-among-the-european-countries-most-affected-by-extreme-weather-events\/&amp;quot;target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&gt;Portugal among the european countries most affected by extreme weather events&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;li class=&amp;quot;cmtt_related_item&amp;quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&amp;quot;https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/recovering-good-agricultural-practices-to-defeat-the-xylella-bacterium\/&amp;quot;target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&gt;Recovering Good Agricultural Practices to Defeat the Xylella Bacterium&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;\/ul&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/glossary\/adaptation\/\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">adaptation<\/a> of The Lord of the Rings hit the cinemas; the spread of merchandising and the creation of games and video games made Tolkien&rsquo;s stories available to a much wider audience, reaching even those for whom the author&rsquo;s writing was too articulate and difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Giorgia Meloni: the &ldquo;nerd&rdquo; premier and her state exposure<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since taking office, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has begun to comment more and more frequently &ndash; in interviews,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8G23pqVObgc\"> at rallies<\/a>, in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/giorgiameloni.paginaufficiale\/photos\/siamo-pronti-per-la-battaglia-delle-europee-melonichan\/10156628904622645\/\"> some public outings<\/a> and in her autobiography &ndash; on her passion for Tolkien and to speak of having been a &ldquo;nerd&rdquo; as a child. The term is used in the most improper and cosmetic way because we know that nerd culture is much more complex and articulate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting with an account of herself as a person, drawing on affective components, she then used the author as a source of inspiration for her party line, culminating in a large and costly state expos&eacute; &ndash; thus at taxpayers&rsquo; expense &ndash; which, as the foreign press &ndash; from the &lsquo;Times&rsquo; of London to the &lsquo;Guardian&rsquo; via &lsquo;El Pa&iacute;s&rsquo; &ndash; also noted, seems unusual if it is dedicated to a figure who has very little to do with the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another fanciful appropriation by the Italian right, still perpetrated by Fratelli d&rsquo;Italia and Giorgia Meloni, concerns the annual Atreju event, named after the protagonist of <em>The Neverending Story <\/em>by German writer Michael Ende. A choice opposed by the author&rsquo;s heirs, who have publicly expressed their ban on using the name for political purposes: &ldquo;A work of art belongs to the whole of humanity and not to a political group. It is incomprehensible that a political movement should have taken possession of a work of art and use it for its own purposes. We thank our Italian readers for protesting against this instrumentalization&rdquo;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fanpage.it\/politica\/saviano-fdi-ha-saccheggiato-il-nome-di-atreju-la-storia-infinita-non-centra-niente-con-meloni\/\"> as the writer Roberto Saviano points out<\/a>, the reasons why Atreju should represent the Right seem incomprehensible: &ldquo;There is nowhere in <em>The Neverending Story<\/em> to suggest that there is any spiritual or factual proximity between the character Atreju and what those who identify with the Fratelli d&rsquo;Italia political grouping stand for&rdquo;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Motives and dangers of cultural appropriation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If there are no close links with an author&rsquo;s thought and vision, why appropriate his symbols? Let&rsquo;s go back to the motivations of the 1970s: to create a cleaner, more flattering frontal image and defeat the political adversary, with cultural references even more deeply rooted and popular today thanks to the media dissemination that has taken place over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The seriousness of misinterpreting and misappropriating these symbols lies in imposing a misreading, a misrepresentation of the vision of reality, which in literature is a normal subjective, interpretative, and personal process, but which in politics becomes a propagandistic instrumentalization. Because words are important, and if the mind grasps one to which it attributes a positive meaning, it will be prepared to take on board events and messages in a positive way.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, the authors are no longer with us to respond and the misappropriation of their thought, which they wanted to universalise by expressing it with the allegory of the fantastic, is therefore even easier to manipulate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of the writer J.R.R. Tolkien, the Italian government led by Giorgia Meloni went all out and held a state exhibition dedicated to the father of fantasy literature that rekindled a long-simmering ethical debate on the <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Cultural appropriation&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph {&amp;quot;translatedWithWPMLTM&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;} --&amp;gt; The inappropriate or unconscious adoption or use of elements of symbols, objects, ideas belonging to others.&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/glossary\/cultural-appropriation\/\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">cultural appropriation<\/a> by politics of symbols and characters of the collective imagination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":19205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[460],"tags":[158],"coauthors":[217],"class_list":{"0":"post-19210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-political-movements","8":"tag-educacion-y-cultura"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The cultural appropriation of politics. 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