Bar 12 is quite awkward to coordinate and will need. I have chosen the word transculturation to express the highly varied phenomena that have c9me about in cuba as a. Towards a reading of fernando ortizs cuban counterpoint. The idea was to prolong the sound so that the chord would ring pleasantly through the instrument and give an extra dimension to the texture. Ortiz coined the term transculturation, the notion of converging cultures. The black man rebels, if such a thing is possible and fights his oppressor.
A term coined by cuban anthropologist fernando ortiz that refers to a process in which members of subordinated or marginal groups select and invent from materials transmitted by a dominant culture. Fernando ortiz on the phases of transculturation from a speech made at club atenas in havana, december 12 1942 the white man attacks the black in order to snatch him from his land and enslave him by force. In cuba counterpoint by fernando ortiz i found it interesting to read the difference between acculturation and transculturation. Transculturation is a term coined by cuban anthropologist fernando ortiz in 1 to describe the phenomenon of merging and converging cultures.
First published in 1940 and long out of print, fernando ortiz s classic work, cuban. Pdf cultural angle and degrees of transculturation in. Fernando ortiz 18811969 was one of cubas most influential public intellectuals. It concentrates on ortiz s invention of the term transculturation. Transculturation, translation, and the use of the exotic in caribbean fiction in his book on literary strategies in black south african culture, rewriting modernity, david atwell uses the ortiz and pratts term transculturation to describe the transformation of. Counterpoint and transculturation, which will appear as a chapter in ciphers of history. Just to be clear between the two i went to look on to and here is what i found.
Export a ris file for endnote, procite, reference manager, zotero, mendeley. Translation as transculturation, amanda villespastour cardiff university fernando ortiz fetishes. In our argument, translation and transculturation are conceptualized as fundamental processes in building the very idea of modernity and its constitutive companion, coloniality. Communicating with transculturation openedition journals. A discussion of terminology and concepts, ethnomusicology 25, no. Coined by fernando ortiz in 1940 for phenomena within the society of cuba and as a proper substitute for acculturation, it reappears prominently with the cultural turn in 1990s and is mostly associated with the. Politics and materiality of transculturacion, jorge pavez chile transculturation, creativity and material religion in afroamerican religions, roger. Dec 20, 2017 ortiz used the concept to interrogate the complex transformation of cultures brought together in the crucible of colonial and imperial histories. Acculturation is the process of adopting cultural traits from another cultural group, whereas transculturation is the cultural. Fernando coronil is assistant professor of anthropology and history at the university of michigan.
Colson, g 2014, a fresh approach to transculturation in. The concept of transculturation was coined by the cuban sociologist fernando ortiz 1947. Transculturation is a term coined by cuban anthropologist fernando ortiz in 1 to describe the phenomenon of merging and converging transcklturation. May 12, 2019 transculturation is a term coined by cuban anthropologist fernando ortiz in 1 to describe the phenomenon of merging and converging cultures. Acculturation in ortizs point of view, does not describe the history and culture of cuba as well as transculturation.
Contact zones and transculturation metaphor by metaphor. Well assume youre ok with this, but you can optout if you wish. Though written over fifty years ago, ortizs study of the formation of a national culture in this region has significant implications for contemporary. First published in 1940 and long out of print, fernando ortizs classic work, cuban counterpoint is recognized as one of the most important books of latin american and caribbean intellectual history. This disgraceful process of changing ideas about oneself to be replaced by ideas from a hegemonic state is called transculturation.
Acculturation focuses on the transition of one culture into another culture and the acquisition of features of this new culture. Quite the contrary, europeans are often polyglots, and may label other individuals by their ethnicities. The term transculturation, with all its limits and diversity of interpretations, was initially coined by the writer and. Noun edit transculturation countable and uncountable, plural transculturations. Transculturalism, otherness, exile, and identity in. I am of the opinion that the word transculturation better expresses the different phases of the process of transition from one culture to another. Mar 08, 2009 acculturation in ortizs point of view, does not describe the history and culture of cuba as well as transculturation.
Colombians believe they are responsible for the drug consumption in the united states and they blame themselves for the violence the country. Historical documentsand, for that matter, historical sourcesexist in many forms. Fernando ortiz transculturation pdf elfriede hermann, communicating with transculturation. David attwell provides a welcome complication of the. Fernando ort z on the phases of transculturation, from a speech made in abstract.
In writing across cultures, rama extends the cuban anthropologist fernando ortizs theory of transculturation far beyond cuba, bringing it to bear on regional cultures across latin america, where new cultural arrangements have been forming among indigenous, african, and european societies for the better part of five centuries. Jun 06, 2019 transculturation is a term coined by cuban anthropologist fernando ortiz in 1 to describe the phenomenon of merging and converging transcklturation. Ethnocentrism often takes different forms, as it is a highly personal bias, and manifests itself in countless aspects of culture. In ortizs works the concept of transculturation is used to appre hend at. This chapter highlights the signal importance of fernando ortiz s work to the discipline of ethnography and politics. Postcolonial perspectives on latin american and lusophone. One, if not the most important, aspect of the book is the new word he puts forward to explain cuban history. In his book on the history of tobacco and sugar in cuba. Narrative transculturation in latin america, edited and translated by david frye durham. Transculturation is a term coined by cuban anthropologist fernando ortiz in 1940 from the article our america by jose marti to describe the phenomenon of merging and converging cultures.
Colombians believe they are responsible for the drug consumption in the united states and they blame themselves for the violence the country suffers because of it. Transculturation emphasizes the agency involved in cultural change, as well as the loss that accompanies cultural acquisition. Counterpoint and transculturation one of the challenges facing the future of cultural studies is the coherence between conceptual tools and objects of research. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. It argues that ortiz ranks among the most important theorists of the postcolonial condition. The translation of carnival in trinidad and tobago. I have chosen the word transculturation to express the highly varied phenomena that have c9me about in cuba as a result of. Download yakhal inkomo or read online books in pdf, epub, tuebl, and mobi format. Ortizs examination of the impact of sugar and tobacco on cuban society is unquestionably the cornerstone of cuban studies and a key source for work on caribbean culture generally. Fernando ortiz ortiz 1947 proposed the concept of transculturation, which may offer insights that will assist in apprehending how contemporary changes in culture and language have proceeded. The process of translation and transculturation, as we will show, is also crucial to. This volume surveys the range of texts, authors and topics from the literary and nonliterary cultures of latin america and lusophone africa, adopting a set of perspectives that are grounded in the discipline of postcolonial studies.
History, culture, politics, aviva chomsky, barry carr, alfredo prieto, pamela maria smorkaloff download citation file. Transculturation, crossbreeding, interculturality 1 introduccion. Contents edition, by fernando coronil ix introduction, by. Transculturation encompasses more than transition from one culture to another. The traditional archival sources such as official documents, newspapers, correspondence, and diaries can be supplemented by personal archives, oral histories, and even works of fiction in order for historians to illuminate the past. In the early twentieth century, news spread in the academic circles of cuban social sciences that the fossil of a. In writing across cultures, rama extends the cuban anthropologist fernando ortiz s theory of transculturation far beyond cuba, bringing it to bear on regional cultures across latin america, where new cultural arrangements have been forming among indigenous, african, and european societies for the better part of five centuries. Kartomi, the processes and results of musical culture contact. Colombian transculturation has occurred on two levels. At long last, the englishreading world can lay its hands on the series of essays in which the influential uruguayan literary critic angel rama developed his idea of narrative transculturation. Homi bhabha has argued in the location of culture that the discourse of colonialism is a paradoxical mode of representation.
The legacy of fernando ortiz bildner western hemisphere studies before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would. To tell the history of the caribbean basin before columbus and until 1940, ortiz created a new theoretical device, the counterpoint, to describe how cultural. Ortiz used the concept to interrogate the complex transformation of cultures brought together in the crucible of colonial and imperial histories. Ortiz was a prolific polymath dedicated to exploring, recording, and understanding all aspects of indigenous cuban culture.
Acculturation is used to describe the process of transition from one culture to another, and its manifold social repercus sions. Yakhal inkomo download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Fernando ortiz fernandez 16 july 1881 10 april 1969 was a cuban essayist, anthropologist, ethnomusicologist and scholar of afrocuban culture. Writing multicultural america into the twentieth century. Fernando ortz on the phases of transculturation, from a speech made in 1942. The black man rebels, if such a thing is possible and fights. Transculturalism highlights the very complex transmutations of culture that can be phased in acculturation, deculturation, and neoculturation.
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