Hybridity and Hybridization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23597909 |
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| Authors | N Papastergiadis (0000-0002-3740-5306, The University of Melbourne), Daniella Trimboli (0000-0001-8917-3204, The University of Melbourne) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-4 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118430873.est0668 |
| OpenAlex | W2981978305 |
| ISBN | 9781118430873 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Hybridity has a complicated history; however, it has always been associated with notions of identity and cultural origins. In its most rudimentary form, hybridity refers to a person produced when two or more identities “mix.” It first surfaced during colonialism, which hierarchized humans according to biological notions of race, beginning with “whiteness” at the top. Originally, the hybrid was marred by racist assumptions of impurity, and was subsequently marginalized for disturbing the conventional social order. In the 1980s and 1990s, the term was heavily debated, especially in postcolonial theory and art. These debates remapped hybridization as a positive and resistive form of cultural translation. Today, the applicability of the term is being newly critiqued, this time with greater attention to the power imbalances inherent in cultural exchange. Future implications of hybrid studies rest largely on how to address these imbalances, an exploration that continues to be inspired by practices of contemporary art.
Aesthetics · Art · Colonialism · Cultural identity · Hybridity · Identity (music) · Political science · Power (physics) · Race (biology) · Social science · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Cultural Studies · Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies · Gender Studies · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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