The past is a foreign country'? Acculturation theory and the anthropology of globalization1

Bibliographic Data

ID2632800
AuthorsJoão Leal (0000-0003-2080-7963)
Year2011
Volume15 (2
Issue15 (2
Pages313-336
Publication date2011-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEtnografica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0873-6561 • E-ISSN: 2182-2891
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/etnografica.952
OpenAlexW1821300951
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited37

Contemporary anthropology has developed a consistent interest in the study of modes of circulation of people, objects and ideas associated with current cultural globalization. This interest is usually presented as a new development in anthropological theory and its possible predecessors, such as diffusionism and acculturation theory, dismissed as irrelevant. Focusing on the works of Melville Herskovits and Roger Bastide, this article argues for a less biased imaged of acculturation theory and stresses the ways in which some of its achievements can inspire current approaches to cultural globalization

Acculturation · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Globalization · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Cultural Studies · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Philosophy

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