Chaos in the Contact Zone
Unpredictability, Improvisation and the Struggle for Control in Cultural Encounters
Cultural encounters are often being stylized not only as experiences of uncontrollability and unpredictability par excellence, but also as challenges to planning and predicting. The history, the different forms and the consequences of this phenomenon are the main issues discussed in this volume. The contributions show that chaos and control are not mutually exclusive in the "contact zone" (Mary Louise Pratt); on the contrary, they stand in relation to each other – be it as a competence or as an interpretive scheme.
Overview Chapters
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Frontmatter
Seiten 1 - 4 -
Table of Contents
Seiten 5 - 6 -
The Emergence and Domestication of Chaos in the Contact Zone
Seiten 7 - 18 -
The "Jewish Indian Theory"
Seiten 19 - 42 -
On the Cultural Coding of Skin Colour in Early Modern Contact Zones
Seiten 43 - 58 -
Islands in the Maelstrom
Seiten 59 - 80 -
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Seiten 81 - 108 -
Walking Backwards to the Future, Facing the Past
Seiten 109 - 132 -
Many Worlds, Many Stories
Seiten 133 - 158 -
The Contingency of Cultural Negotiations in Cross-Border Networks
Seiten 159 - 178 -
Unexpected Outcomes of the Portuguese Encounter in Sri Lanka
Seiten 179 - 200 -
Enriching Repertoires
Seiten 201 - 220 -
From Early Country Blues to Rap
Seiten 221 - 246 -
Authors
Seiten 247 - 252
29 May 2017, 252 pages
ISBN: 978-3-8376-3389-4
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