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Homage (/ˈhɒmɪdʒ/ or /ˈɒmɪdʒ/) 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. The term is often used in the arts, where one author or artist shows respect to another by allusion or imitation; this is often spelled like and pronounced similar to the original French hommage (/oʊˈmɑːʒ/).

Description

It was originally a declaration of fealty in the feudal system – swearing that one was the man (French: homme), or subordinate, 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.

In music, homage can take the form of a composition (Homage to Paderewski), a tribute album (Homage to Charles Parker) or a sample. 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

• Allusion
• Intertextuality
• Pastiche

References

1. "homage". dictionary.cambridge.org. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
2. Zimmer, Ben (5 November 2010). "Homage". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
3. Vauchez, Andre (2000), "Homage", Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages, vol. 2, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, ISBN 9781579582821
4. Derricourt, Robin M. (1996), An author's guide to scholarly publishing, Princeton University Press, ISBN 0691037094
5. Shepherd, John (30 January 2003), "Rock Homage", Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, A&C Black, ISBN 9780826463210
6. Grusin, Richard (October 2007), Routledge encyclopedia of narrative theory, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 9780203932896

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