• DOI:10.1080/14747730701532492
Corpus ID: 54814946

Creolization and Cultural Globalization: The Soft Sounds of Fugitive Power

@article{Cohen2007CreolizationAC,
  title={Creolization and Cultural Globalization: The Soft Sounds of Fugitive Power},
  author={R. Cohen},
  journal={Globalizations},
  year={2007},
  volume={4},
  pages={369 - 384}
}

• R. Cohen
• Published 2007
• Sociology
• Globalizations

In this article, I provide a comparative discussion of Creoles and creolization. The core concept centres on the cross-fertilization between different cultures as they interact. When creolization occurs, participants select particular elements from incoming or inherited cultures, endow these with meanings different from those they possessed in the original cultures, and then creatively merge these to create new varieties that supersede the prior forms. While discussions of creolization are… Expand

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