Bricolage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7079327 |
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| Authors | Altgla (0000-0002-3408-3946, Queen's University Belfast, corresponding author), Véronique Altglas |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 1-2 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-27 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosb050.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W4236238291 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This entry provides the genealogy of bricolage and underscores the modifications it has undergone within the sociologies of culture and religion. Claude Lévi‐Strauss and Roger Bastide employed “bricolage” as a metaphor to depict the ways in which, in reference to traditional settings, cultures generate new myths and religious systems. Adopted within studies of culture and religion in highly differentiated societies, bricolage took a microsociological turn. It became synonymous with individual creative practices, the crafting of eclectic styles, religiosities, and identities through personal choice, as a result of the breakdown of social structures and traditions. However, it would be best to reclaim bricolage's original meaning, prompting questions about the contexts that make certain elements available, social patterns that may organize bricolage, who engages in bricolage, what for, who is empowered, from what, and by using whose tradition
Art · Bricolage · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Meaning (existential · Metaphor · Mythology · Sociology · Music History and Culture · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics
| Highly cited | No |
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