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= Olas HYBRID CULTURES “Strategie for Entering and Leaving Modernity ‘witha New Introduction NESTOR GARCIA CANCLINT Forewordby Renato Rosaldo ‘Translated by Christopher L Chiappari and Silvia. Lies eS opyigne1995 bythe tagntfthe Unies finest neg ee cates eer eee eee eee iad copyright 1949, Nestor Gein Cant pans dtonpublabedby Bate “yer ulus in Glbied Ties" copyright 2005 by the Repent othe Univer styofWinnesata Originally pablahed at Lasers ids on epee deo ‘rateulacinoledgments made fr permission to epithe flowing aes 5 7. duawings by Felipe Erenber: 32-59, photographs Paco Goi 80-48, photo raphe by Lures Gobet 49-50, photogeaphs by Palo asprin 51-52 rewings yon eer 9-58 toons Fontan very fort has bon made to abtain peso rpms copyright material ‘hisbook. The pusher akcopyrght haere notify them fpermisionhasn- ‘sera nat ee soushrifproper enowgmentharnotbeen ade [AllghtreeredNopartfthis pblstion may breprodca tarda are ‘sera eytmortranamite, an former y a mer elton mechanical, ee eee publisher Pabsdby the Univers of Minnsata ess 117 Third Avenue south, sue290 -Minnapli 55901-2520 ImAnouomssamn.sd Lata ofongrecCteloging.n ubiation Data aria canting, Nate outa irda. Engh bed cures: sates for emering an eving merit tr Gea ‘cencinwitha new introduction foreword by Renato Rondo walt ‘Cstopher, Chip an saLLee nde bgp freee an nd, san ot6e4660-6(g alk pape) 1. Latin Amerie Ciletion 200 century 2 Cision Mader 200 entry. 3 Portmoderim 4 Aru andsbcty- Latin Ameri Poplar “Las mein Latin meres Calter pac Te 990.099de22 rite the Unie stats of Ameria naire sper “The Univer of Minneot ian aqua opportunity slut and employer eS ° 8 INTRODUCTION ‘Hybrid Cultures in Globalized Times ‘ow doc one kn when adiaipine sdf knwatg change? One Wy of responding when some concep rot with ore dapaing ters oreaung ‘heirefermalton Tiss what har appene withthe tory fcr atic peop inci fs ot ned one can tee fat ibioi eco tiecatatngte wilfocus my ateton on how studies of hybeiieaton have ster the manner apeaking sou deny, care, diferece,ineualityl-cuurais,and ‘tou conrpupings edo ene confit nthe sel ees ron! ‘modernity, nrthsouth ella. Why dow these of iyi eon such mporanc of ate tis og standing haters of historia deveopmen? ‘One cold ay hat precursors have etd since the it exehangs between tes andin act Pliny the Eder mentoned he word wit etree to mires tO ‘omens time, number of historians and anthopeogts have thown they roles inthe Maietaean ines the cael period of Gree Laplante sd Nouse 1997) and ees se the ter hibition pce tently ‘what ecu flowing Europes expansion toward Amerie Beran 1993: Grasns 2002). shal kin wed charctarie the conten sine early -modeeny of ean poplar languages Neel is ial decade of the tenth cntny tat the nals tee eae ae eet roceses Bathe valueofhe concept irl unde dissin ised deste rete finer contact nd dasniznton Bhabha 194), otal eo {sss (Nedernen Pisterse 1996 Hannere 1996), and border coming (ord 1997) andar trary and mare communiestioal fone (lamps 1994, ‘a 194; avn Barbero 1987; Pupastergiase 1997, Werner 1997). There leo tle ofow dene partons zeyriiaed in national cine het 1990) andthe rtatepeof triton betwen pic ining rd pve copurton, Western mutegrapy and the taone of emerng clues 2 ‘eral extbsions(arvey 1996) Tine introduction intends teases hee ‘aie niger andthe pnp parsons they epee Tothe een haa ean Francohar writen ijrid ulus ien boon seschof method toi beng "core int fle oppositions sachs highor popular urban rua moder or ‘reiona (rnco 192) mck am expansion fochaarshp regu tht weenie {nliemaner wits some othe eistemoogal and pola objections iced athe concept oftiybidtion, With eect othe enti tat of he ‘oto wl diferent fom i wage ilogy inorder consider pesifaly ‘thecontbutlons nadie t eee in the soil sences With egnato its ontbtion tpl! ought, lexpondon the analysis presented {hebck, explaining why hylan ot asynonym fr un without conta ‘iionbuteathercante pl inacountng for pra frm of confit pen- ‘rated incon ronrtralcontact and inthe content ofthe cine of atonal mernzitionpoetin atin Amen, Ve must nse the question of whether eS ‘thence oa greater vate of gods fatty baling orcs democrats ‘hesbiy te combine these gods ante lp actstive mult. ‘Rethinking ldentities through Hybrigiation| ‘ones ein by aceptingthe opt ver whether hybrid isa gpdor bad wort ‘That the words widely wed snot sunt rus oconsidet respectable On he contrary. ts profuse employment vers the aslgnmant oo bergen meanings ‘moving om biology to ols anal galned new els of appiation ‘tls unos rns, Hees ame woul re coins aking boat ‘ein eligous matter of mesg history ndanthropology, offi n ‘use Whats th advantage fr scene esearch taringto ater aden wich spoken? Letconfon then, thepistol ection Iwant to acknowedgethat shisarpect wasnt aleousely arsed in Hyrid Catan The dbater that ook ‘Bacooverthovepaer and repadngthe works ofatherauthor, adinehisno tes lon meno to beter elaberne onthe postion andstatar of theconcep oy lst eth it deftion wnrstand jor ition cca pe ssl cesta led pr lg arora Combined ogneatne trectse oben practie: nr, eas tng he ‘heeled dicete structures wee sent of pir iriitins nd thereto ‘annate considered pure points of org. An example ure thee i debate ‘re whether Spanglish bornin the Latin ommunies of the United Sates and ex ‘ended ie he terme beughout the world ca beaccepted, taught inuniersty ‘courses happens Amber Callegein Mastchset) apdbecome the bet of speciizdcetanaris(tavans 2003) AsifSpnish and English were lnguages ‘indeed ttn, arbi an pre-Columbian language. f we fed oe ‘nize thelong impure story of Spanish ane expt alte ers Aa oii, ‘we woul bet without lacoste) alas ayers) elmohadas (Gilows and ageaia cing). One way of descrbingthis movement fom the

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