Introduction

Abstract

W e asked a diverse group of cultural historians from across the United States to come up with case studies that would help answer one question: what exactly happens when two distinct cultures meet? More specifically, we wanted to know what mechanisms govern that particular moment in time and place when external forces—often global in origin—encounter established cultures on the latter’s territory. We were particularly interested in the production of culture, which is what happens when a “domestication” of various alien elements and their incorporation into a homegrown matrix takes place. In short, how the presence of otherness causes change—on both sides. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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