Ibridismo, scambio, traduzione culturale. Riflessioni sulla globalizzazione della cultura in una prospettiva storica

This is a rather interesting introduction to a problematic concept. Evidently written by a historian, not an anthropologist, the book provides a panorama on the issues concerning the idea of hybridity, its problems, productivity and impediments. I've seen some criticism here accusing Burke of being t Leggi tutto

had to read for history, very painful and i hated every second. long story short, nothing you do is original, go cry about it

I won't say I got nothing out of it, but the way this white man showed so little understanding of power, white supremacy, imperialism is, well...not shocking, but still quite disappointing. It's amazing the way everything is simply flattened to cultural exchange without acknowledging the deep violen Leggi tutto

Επέκταση του κειμένου μιας διάλεξης, όπως δηλώνει ο συγγραφέα, γεμάτο με παραδείγματα πολιτισμικών ανταλλαγών, υιοθετήσεων, αντιστάσεων από την παγκόσμια νεότερη κυρίως ιστορία. Ένα πολύ εισαγωγικό εγχειρίδιο πολιτισμικών σπουδών, πάνω στο θέμα της πολιτισμικής ανταλλαγής. Γενικά είμαι burke-ικός, ο Leggi tutto

Genial libro. Lo deberían leer quienes caen en la muy extendida falacia de creer en la ontología cultural. Grande, Peter Burke.

3.5 rounded up to 4 -- very introductory but some useful concepts

Read it only to extract definitions of various terms related to the domain of cultural hybridity.

É uma introdução de 160 páginas. Quando achei que ele ia desenvolver, o livro acabou kk

Leitura excelente para entender bem as questões que envolvem as trocas culturais, que sempre houveram e que continuam agindo no que chamamos de globalização. Devia ser obrigatório para pseudo ativistas e justiceiros sociais de diversas matizes, que falam muita bobagem, misturando jargões acadêmicos Leggi tutto

Originally a lecture on the pervasiveness of "cultural hybridity" in conversations about identity in a variety of different fields, Burke analyzes the trajectories of a diverse body of research to show how hybridity is both illustrative of a cultural capacity to transform, co-opt, adopt, and challen Leggi tutto