posted on 2023-06-07, 16:10authored byRalph Grillo
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History
Publication status
Published
Publisher
Clueb
Page range
183-204
Pages
21.0
Book title
Le Metissage culturel: lieu de creation, de nouvelles identites ou de conflit?
ISBN
88-491-2351-5
Department affiliated with
Anthropology Publications
Notes
This paper was originally presented to an interdisciplinary conference in Forlì, Italy. It argues that there are two models of `mixity¿ (mestizaje, meticciato, métissage etc). One is a vertical model which emerged from within a colonial context and referred to cultural and linguistic change through `contact¿ between sections of a `native¿ (i.e. indigenous) population who adopted and adapted elements of the dominant (colonial) language and culture. The other is a `horizontal¿ model which describes the kind of cultural change experienced in contemporary cities of Europe. Data from studies of young people in ethnic minority populations help us explore this difference.