Homage
Homage (
/ˈhɒmɨdʒ/ or /ˈɒmɨdʒ/) is a show or demonstration of respect or dedication to someone or something, sometimes by simple declaration but often by some more oblique reference, artistic or poetic.
It was originally a declaration of fealty in the feudal system (see Homage (medieval)) - swearing that one was the man (French: homme) of the feudal lord. The concept then became used figuratively for an acknowledgement of quality or superiority. For example, a man might give homage to a lady, so honouring her beauty and other graces. In German scholarship, followers of a great scholar developed the custom of honouring their mentor by producing papers for a festschrift dedicated to him.
The concept now often appears in the arts where one author shows respect to a topic by calling it an homage, such as Homage to Catalonia. Alternatively, creative artists may show respect to a veteran of the field or to an admired practitioner by alluding to their work. In rock music this can take the form of a tribute album or of a sample. As of 2010 the digital techniques used to generate many forms of media make it easy to borrow from other works and this remediation may be used in homage to them.
See also
References
- ^ "Homage", Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages, 2, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qtgotOF0MKQC&pg=PA686
- ^ Robin M. Derricourt, An author's guide to scholarly publishing, http://books.google.com/books?id=ESFS7XXhujAC&pg=PA75
- ^ Umberto Eco, The limits of interpretation, http://books.google.com/books?id=H4q8ZosSvB8C&pg=PA88
- ^ John Shepherd, "Rock Homage", Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0tz5YpijuksC&pg=PA616
- ^ Richard Grusin, Routledge encyclopedia of narrative theory, http://books.google.com/books?id=wWNnBndF9uEC&pg=PA497
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