tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post6191135554183498854..comments2024-03-26T09:40:00.710-06:00Comments on La Bloga: Guest columnist René Colato, Speaking On Authenticity, Can An Author Write Books Outside His/Her Culture?Contributing Bloguistas:http://www.blogger.com/profile/13054190814722049711noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-27205132600761729112007-01-27T09:22:00.000-07:002007-01-27T09:22:00.000-07:00Another great post, René Colato. Glad you're with ...Another great post, René Colato. Glad you're with us.<br /><br />Cultural appropriation--the Euro-American conquerors, establishment, and accompanying intellectuals have been doing it to the rest of us since Bishop Landa burned the Maya Bonampak library <b>and then</b> got some indigenous ghostwriters to make his own codex.<br /><br />I'd add there's one exception--a rarity--where a non-Chicano, non-etc. can capture the authenticity of another culture: when they were raised in it or genuinely adopted it as their own. Defining what constitutes <i>genuine adoption</i> is of course a gray area, meat for the literary discourse grinder.<br />RudyGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com