Why according to some anthropologists is the concept of cultural hybridity almost a good idea?

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The reshaping of local conditions by powerful worldwide forces on an ever-intensifying scale is the concept of

globalization

The idea that some cultures dominate others and that domination by one culture leads inevitably to the destruction of subordinated cultures and their replacement by the culture of those in power is called

cultural imperialism

Since the days of Franz Boas, anthropologists who study processes of cultural borrowing have emphasized that

borrowing cultural forms of practices from elsewhere always involves borrowing with modification; people never adopt blindly but always adapt what they borrow for local purposes

Many observers have suggested that globalization inevitably undermines the power and sovereignty of nation-states. Why?

the flow of wealth, images, people, things, and ideologies unleashed by globalization, however, has undermined the ability of nation-states to police their boundaries effectively and has seemed to suggest that the conventional ideas about nation-states require revision

Migrant populations with a shared identity who live in a variety of different locales around the world are called

diaspora

Members of a diaspora organized in support of nationalist struggles in their homeland or to agitate for a state of their own are known as

long-distance nationalists

A form of state in which it is claimed that those people who left the country and their descendants remain part of their ancestral state, even if they are citizens of another state, is said to be a

transborder state

A group made up of citizens of a country who continue to live in their homeland plus the people who have emigrated from the country and their descendants, regardless of their current citizenship, make up a

transborder citizenry

A nation-state in which the relationships between citizens and the state extend to wherever citizens reside is a

transnational nation-state

Aihwa Ong writes that wealthy overseas Chinese elites are loyal to the family business, not whichever nation-state they are living in. She calls this

postnational ethos

According to Erazo, which of the following statements is true about territorial citizenship in Rukullakta?

Negotiating the specific responsibility and duties associated with territorial citizenship is one of the key sites of enacting sovereignty

Arguments that pit human rights against culture depend on the assumption that

"cultures" are homogenous, bounded, and unchanging sets of ideas and practices and that each society has only one culture, which its members are obligated to follow

To argue that all peoples have a human right to maintain their own distinct culture is to assume that

Cultural diversity is valuable in itself, such things as universal human rights exist

In discussions of the right to culture in international treaties, responsibility for defending the culture of the rights-bearing person is

the nation-state's

In order to fit the way human rights laws are written, indigenous people often have to

portray their cultures in ways that are different from their own everyday understandings

In 2002, after the Sangatte transit center closed, asylum seekers who came to France discovered that

it was hard to enter and even harder to get residency

The idea that some cultures dominate others, leading to the destruction of the subordinated cultures and their replacement by the culture of those in power, is called

cultural imperialism

Anthropological studies of social, political, and economic change provide considerable evidence that

human beings actively and resiliently respond to life's challenges

Why, according to some anthropologists, is the concept of cultural hybridity almost a good idea?

they draw attention to positive processes of cultural creativity

According to Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, which of the following statements about how a strong Indonesian environmental movement came into existence is true?

due to lumber demand, trade of it with Japan, and increasing Capitalist society

Which of the following statements accurately represents Arjun Appadurai's understanding of secularism in India?

An indigenized and domesticated Indian secularism

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What is cultural hybridity quizlet?

is a cross between two separate races or cultures.

What is the idea that some cultures dominate others?

The idea that some cultures dominate others, leading to the destruction of the subordinated cultures and their replacement by the culture of those in power, is called. cultural imperialism.

What does it mean to say that humans use cultural instrumentally?

What does it mean to say that humans use culture instrumentally? People use culture to fulfill their basic biological needs for food, drink, shelter, comfort, and reproduction.

What did Boddy's field research teach her about the meanings associated with infibulation in Hofriyat?

What did Boddy's field research teach her about the meanings associated with infibulation in Hofriyat? The meanings associated with female infibulation are reinforced by so many different aspects of everyday life that girls come to consider the operation a profoundly necessary and justifiable procedure.