Cuban counterpoint first published in 1940 and long out of print, fernando ortiz s classic work, cuban counterpoint is recognized as one of the most important books of latin american and caribbean intellectual history. Ortizs examination of the impact of sugar and tobacco on cuban society is unquestionably the cornerstone of cuban studies and a key source. Part of the new directions in latino american cultures book series ndlac. It concentrates on ortizs invention of the term transculturation. Fernando ortiz fernandez havana, 16 july 1881 havana, 10 april 1969 was a cuban essayist, anthropologist, ethnomusicologist and scholar of afrocuban culture. This term was a revision of the term acculturation introduced to us and british anthropology and social sciences by the jewish polish ethnographer brolisnaw j. The concept of transculturation appears for the first time in ortiz 1995 originally published in 1940, as a contribution to the study of cuba and to the general field of social sciences. At the same time, the exponential growth of information and communication technologies icts over the last few decades has shaped.
Transculturation in our sister killyjoy and nervous. Contents introduction to the duke university press edition, by fernando coronil ix introduction, by bronislaw malinowski lvii by way of prologue, by herminio portell vila lxv 1. Transculturation is a term coined by cuban anthropologist fernando ortiz in 1947 1 to describe the phenomenon of merging and converging cultures transculturation encompasses more than transition from one culture to another. Communicating with transculturation openedition journals.
Transculturation transculturation is a term coined by cuban anthropologist fernando ortiz in 1947 to describe the phenomenon of merging and converging cultures. Ortiz, a public intellectual of the republican era, always defended a civic nationalism that ran counter to rigid definitions of cuban national identity. Mestizaje, transculturation, heterogeneity social aesthetics and transcultural improvisation wayde compton and the performance of black time they advanced to the portraits of their friends and offered them their hands robert houle, ojibwa tableaux vivants, and transcultural materialism. 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.
Writing across cultures is his comprehensive analysis of the varied sources of latin american literature. One of the many responses to this predicament was issued by the cuban anthropologist fernando ortiz, in his book cuban counterpoint 1940 in which he aimed to tackle the problematic of culture contact. Cubas first folklorist, fernando ortiz, noted that cubas musical innovations arose from, the transculturation between african slaves settled on large sugar plantations and spaniards who grew tobacco on small farms ortiz, fernando 1952. Ortiz 18811969, a cuban anthropologist, author, and ethnographer, developed the concept of transculturation using cubas colonial history as his platform. I am of the opinion that the word transculturation better expresses the different phases of the process of transition from one culture to another because this does not consist merely in acquiring another culture, which is what the english word acculturation really implies, but the process also necessarily involves the loss or uprooting of a previous culture, which. That an incongruity between theory and object should have emerged in such a relatively new field was to be expected, perhaps, for in little more than its two decades worth the field has struggled to develop a vocabulary of its own while also reining in. Fernando ortiz 18811969 was one of cubas most influential public intellectuals. The concept of transculturation was coined by the cuban sociologist fernando ortiz 1947. The latter, transculturation is the term used to define cultural change induced by introduction of elements of a foreign culture. Apr 08, 2020 fernando ortiz, anthropologist, essayist, and philologist who pioneered in the study of neoafrican cultures in the americas, particularly in cuba. One of the challenges facing the future of cultural studies is the coherence between conceptual tools and objects of research. 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.
Transculturation download transculturation ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format. In his book on the history of tobacco and sugar in cuba. Transculturation is quite evident within the greek house where i belong to. The black man rebels, if such a thing is possible and fights. Abstract this paper examines the life and work of fernando ortiz, with a focus on his development of the term transculturation. Part of the new caribbean studies book series ncars. His purpose was to explain the different stages and results of cultural contact among people brought together by european colonial expansion into the caribbean. The ethnography and transculturation of havana tobacco and the. Transculturation is a term coined by cuban anthropologist fernando ortiz in 1947 to describe the phenomenon of. His work shows how transculturation, a critical category ortiz developed to. Amazingly prolific, his publications written between the 1890s and the mid1950s engage with a vast array of subjects and disciplines. Ortiz was a prolific polymath dedicated to exploring, recording, and understanding all aspects of indigenous cuban culture. First published in 1940 and long out of print, fernando ortizandrsquo.
First published in 1940 and long out of print, fernando ortiz s classic work, cuban counterpoint is recognized as one of the most important books of latin american and caribbean intellectual history. In 1940, cuban ethnographer fernando ortiz coined the concept of. Transculturation encompasses more than transition from one culture to another. 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. The history of the reflections upon transculturation encompasses both traditions. Transculturation project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Ortiz created the neoligism transculturation to undermine the homogenizing impact implicit in the term acculturation, which in his view obfuscated the true dynamics at work in colonial situations. Ortiz s examination of the impact of sugar and tobacco on cuban society is unquestionably the cornerstone of cuban studies and a key source for. Anthropologist fernando ortiz explains the process of transculturation by explaining the relations between white europeans and black slaves in cuba during the period of colonization.
Arguing for a distinction between theory production and canon formation, coronil demonstrates the value of ortizs book for anthropology as well as cuban, caribbean, and latin american studies, and shows ortiz to be newly relevant to contemporary debates about modernity, postmodernism, and postcoloniality. In the initial phase of the transculturation process, the oppressed group is subordinated by the oppressor group, will behave in a hostile manner and will try to rebel against it. Transculturation and literature latin american studies. Transculturation emphasizes the agency involved in cultural change, as well as the loss that accompanies cultural acquisition. He was a prolific writer on many aspects of african cuban culture but has very little of his writings in english, with the exceptions noted in his bibliography and a new book of studies on ortiz which includes a biography in english and french and a complete bibliography. Click download or read online button to get transculturation book now. Narrative transculturation in latin america is a superb piece of work. One, if not the most important, aspect of the book is the new word he puts forward to explain cuban history. Africans embraced their oral culture and native languages and african traditions. Download pdf transculturation free online new books in. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This chapter highlights the signal importance of fernando ortizs work to the discipline of ethnography and politics. In the initial phase of the transculturation process, the oppressed group is subordinated by the oppressor group, will behave in a hostile manner and will try to rebel. Instead, ortiz insisted on understanding intercultural dynamics as a twoway toma y daca give and take spitta 1995, 34.
Fernando ortz on the phases of transculturation, from a speech made in 1942. Transculturation is a term coined by cuban anthropologist fernando ortiz in 1940 to describe. Fernando ortiz s construct of transculturation, in acknowledging the intertwined processes of acculturation, deculturation and neoculturation, provides a useful framework for examining crosscultural adaptation. Fernando ortiz search for other works by this author on. Ortiz gave prominence to the term in two chapters of his book tobacco and sugar, 1947. Cuban counterpoint, tobacco and sugar fernando ortiz. Transculturation is a term coined by cuban anthropologist fernando ortiz in 1 to describe the phenomenon of merging and converging cultures.
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. Transculturation, syncretism, and hybridity springerlink. Fernando ort z on the phases of transculturation, from a speech made in abstract. Fernando ortizs concept of transculturation fernando ortiz first introduced the concept of transculturation as a methodological tool meant to synthesize the extensive and detailed analysis on the development of cuban society and culture in his book, cuban counterpoint. That an incongruity between theory and object should have emerged in such a relatively new field was to be expected, perhaps, for in little more than its two decades worth the field has struggled to develop a vocabulary of its own while also reining. His purpose was to explain the different stages and results of cultural contact among people brought together by european colonial expansion into. He has authored books on jose marti, pablo neruda, fernando ortiz, and. In 1940, cuban ethnographer fernando ortiz coined the concept of transculturation for the sphere of anthropological research.
Latin american transculturation 1671 words bartleby. Fernando coronil is assistant professor of anthropology and history at the university of michigan. Ortiz s 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. It can be read as an epistemological stand advancing the understanding of latin america through latinamerican theoretical tools. Contact zones and transculturation metaphor by metaphor. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Modifies ortiz, following angel rama, to include all of latin america, not just cuba, as a culture defined and. Transculturation, cultural studies, fernando ortiz, hybridity. Perhaps ortiz s most significant accomplishments were the creation of the field of afrocuban studies and major.
Transculturation meaning transculturation pronunciation. Fernando ortiz is recognized today as one of the most influential latin american authors of the 20th century. While fernando ortiz s contribution to our understanding of cuba and latin america more generally has been widely recognized since the 1940s, recently there has been renewed interest in this scholar and activist who made lasting contributions to a staggering array of fields. For example, transculturation is the process by which two cultures exchange their cultures in a manner that the oppressed culture adopts most of the dominant culture in their way of life for obvious reasons. Afro cuban traditional music and transculturation book summary. It argues that ortiz ranks among the most important theorists of the postcolonial condition. Ortiz was a prolific polymath dedicated to exploring, recording, and understanding all aspects of. There arrived together, and in mass, iron, gunpowder, the horse, the wheel, the sail, the compass, money, wages, writing, the printingpress, books, the master, the king, the church, the banker.
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. Transculturation institut fur anglistikamerikanistik. Click download or read online button to transculturation book. Writing across cultures angel rama was one of twentiethcentury latin americas most distinguished men of letters. Transculturation what it is, characteristics, history. Towards a reading of fernando ortizs cuban counterpoint. Ortiz disagreed with the north american term acculturation used to describe the colonial relations. History, culture, politics, aviva chomsky, barry carr, alfredo prieto, pamela maria smorkaloff. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. The ciboneys became serfs, naborias or fled to the hills and jungles, to the cibaos and caonaos. Silvia spitta departs from the cuban fernando ortiz s cultural theory of transculturation. 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.
Pdf afro cuban traditional music and transculturation. Transculturation is a seminal concept that has been widely used and discussed in the fields of anthropology, sociology, and postcolonial studies. 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. This book is the first work in english to reassess ortiz s vast intellectual universe. The uruguayan rama is, along with perus antonio cornejo polar and brazils antonio candido, one of the leading lights in latin american literary criticism. Ortiz began his career as a lawyer and criminologist he was among the first to advocate the use of fingerprinting in police work. See ortiz 1995 and fernando coronils analysis of the colonial differential between malinowskis concept of acculturation and ortizs transculturation coronil, 1995. The ethnography and transculturation of havana tobacco and the beginnings of sugar in america i on. 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. The term transculturation was first used by the cuban sociologist fernando ortiz to describe the formation of cuban culture from the coming together of indigenous, spanish, and african populations. The black man rebels, if such a thing is possible and fights his oppressor. Originally proposed in the 1940s by cuban anthropologist fernando ortiz, transculturation refers to the processes through which multiple cultures produce hybrid cultural elements that cannot be traced to a single originating culture. Transculturation and literature latin american studies oxford. Transculturation download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi.
Transculturation is a term fernadno by cuban anthropologist fernando ortiz in 1 to describe the phenomenon of merging and converging cultures. Quite the contrary, europeans are often polyglots, and may label other individuals by their ethnicities. First published in 1940 and long out of print, fernando ortizs classic work, cuban. Transculturation keywords for american cultural studies. First published in 1940 and long out of print, fernando ortizs c. 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. Transculturation is best describe as, where cultures fuse and conflict ceases. Fernando ortiz was the first person to write using the term afrocubano. Fernando ortiz, anthropologist, essayist, and philologist who pioneered in the study of neoafrican cultures in the americas, particularly in cuba.
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