Hybridity

From Geography

Hybridity refers in it's most basic sense to mixture. Hybridity originated from the latin hybrida. Hybrida is a term used to classify the children of a tame sow and a wild boar. Hybrid means that something is mixed, and hybridity is a mixture. The term orginates from biology and employed in linguistics and in racial theory in the nineteenth century. In the work of Gloria Anzaldua and Bell hooks the concept hybridity is often mentioned.

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• Published by Lotte den Boogert, 16 october 2012