Conceptualizing Cultural Hybridization
A Transdisciplinary Approach
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Archaeology, Anthropology, History
| Author: | ISBN: | 9783642218460 | |
| Publisher: | Springer Berlin Heidelberg | Publication: | September 18, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Springer | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9783642218460 |
| Publisher: | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Publication: | September 18, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Springer |
| Language: | English |
Within the context of globalization, cultural transformations are increasingly analyzed as hybridization processes. Hybridity itself, however, is often treated as a specifically post-colonial phenomenon. The contributors in this volume assume the historicity of transcultural flows and entanglements; they consider the resulting transformative powers to be a basic feature of cultural change. By juxtaposing different notions of hybridization and specific methodologies, as they appear in the various disciplines, this volume’s design is transdisciplinary. Each author presents a disciplinary concept of hybridization and shows how it operates in specific case studies. The aim is to generate a transdisciplinary perception of hybridity that paves the way for a wider application of this crucial concept
Within the context of globalization, cultural transformations are increasingly analyzed as hybridization processes. Hybridity itself, however, is often treated as a specifically post-colonial phenomenon. The contributors in this volume assume the historicity of transcultural flows and entanglements; they consider the resulting transformative powers to be a basic feature of cultural change. By juxtaposing different notions of hybridization and specific methodologies, as they appear in the various disciplines, this volume’s design is transdisciplinary. Each author presents a disciplinary concept of hybridization and shows how it operates in specific case studies. The aim is to generate a transdisciplinary perception of hybridity that paves the way for a wider application of this crucial concept
