Metaphors for the Mediterranean
Creolization or Polyphony
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12215935 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thierry Fabre (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 15-24 |
| Publication date | 2002-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mediterranean Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-8967 • E-ISSN: 1743-940X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/714004596 |
| OpenAlex | W2139446090 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article explores Edouard Glissant's notion of 'creolization' as a metaphor for the Mediterranean world, comparing the Mediterranean with the West Indies in this regard. Creolization, a process of adaptation to the whole world, does not help us to understand the play of identity in the contemporary Mediterranean world, for here genealogy and transcendence remain central. The notion of polyphony, in which the voices come together without melding, is examined as a possible alternative. Given the current political, cultural, and religious conflict and the constant confusion between the proper and the pure, however, polyphony seems less an appropriate metaphor than a promise
Aesthetics · Art · Confusion · Contextualization · Creolization · Ethnology · Identity (music · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphor · Polyphony · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Hispanic-African Historical Relations · History · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2008 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |