Gilberto Freyre, Hybridity and Cultural Translation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11487397 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P Burke (0000-0002-2471-0141, corresponding author), Peter Burke Peter Burke |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 70 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Portuguese Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0267-5315 • E-ISSN: 2222-4270 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5699/portstudies.27.1.0070 |
| OpenAlex | W2753293640 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
This article begins by considering the diverse ways in which Gilberto Freyre used his key concept of mesticagem and the different cultural fields to which he extended it — architecture, cuisine, sport, literature, urban studies, sociology and even sex. Noting the alternative concepts or metaphors in Freyre’s work — interpenetration, mixture, hybridity and so on — it goes on to discuss a metaphor that he did not use, although it has become popular since his time, ‘cultural translation’. A brief history of the idea of cultural translation and a consideration of its strengths and weaknesses leads to a casestudy of both the literal and the metaphorical translation of the western concept of liberty to Japan after the imperial restoration of 1868
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Cultural history · Epistemology · Hybridity · Linguistics · Literal translation · Literature · Metaphor · Social science · Sociology · Source text · Anthropology · History · History, Culture, and Diplomacy · Literature, Culture, and Criticism · Philosophy · Translation Studies and Practices · Architecture
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |