Making money off of cultural appropriation- * adopting twerking as her “thing” * “#twerkteam” something like that on a picture * talking about it in interviews, explaining it like it’s her own * viral videos * took a dance from another culture, performed it and claimed ownership of it, gained popularity through it….

Using people from that culture * minstrelsy * black women being used as props in the video/performance

Trey suggests, "twerking is one ofthose things you know when you see it, rather than necessarily being able to write a definition ofit."

History of twerking- heavily quote from Baskerville thesis * “Most interviewees resisted this notion that twerking is inherently sexual and instead argued that it is hypersexualized in its current representations.” Pg 24 * The name is relatively new but the concept has been around for much longer * Page 24- tanisha scott talking about history of twerking- comes from traditional African dances. * Popularized in black America- 1990s and 2000s * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HT7-yFYXyk

Cultural appropriation in pop music * selena gomez wearing a bindi on her head during a music video * lady gaga wearing a burqa * katy perry - geisha * while these are examples of cultural appropriation, like miley’s, the question of if they are problematic depends on how the “culture” is used. * Katy perry dressed as a geisha- less offensive than miley twerking because historically, African Americans are a more oppressed minority in America than Asian Americans, who are often seen as a privileged minority. * Madonna borrowed from Indian, Latin American, black, etc. She also borrowed from gay culture and was less criticized because she made political statements and supported homosexuality outside of her music and performances. The other