Chaos in the Contact Zone : : Unpredictability, Improvisation and the Struggle for Control in Cultural Encounters / / ed. by Christoph Behrens, Stephanie Wodianka.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2017
• HerausgeberIn: Behrens, Christoph,; Wodianka, Stephanie,
• MitwirkendeR: Brauner, Christina,; Burschel, Peter,; Estermann, Josef,; Juterczenka, Sünne,; Reis, Olaf,; Silva Jayasuriya, Shihan De,; Sánchez, Yvette,; Voeste, Anja,; Wachtel, Nathan,; Wodianka, Stephanie,; Zagratzki, Uwe,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Edition Kulturwissenschaft ; 94
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; The Emergence and Domestication of Chaos in the Contact Zone --; The "Jewish Indian Theory" --; On the Cultural Coding of Skin Colour in Early Modern Contact Zones --; Islands in the Maelstrom --; Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood --; Walking Backwards to the Future, Facing the Past --; Many Worlds, Many Stories --; The Contingency of Cultural Negotiations in Cross-Border Networks --; Unexpected Outcomes of the Portuguese Encounter in Sri Lanka --; Enriching Repertoires --; From Early Country Blues to Rap --; Authors
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783839433898; 9783110719543; 9783110540550; 9783110625264; 9783110548242; 9783110661545
• DOI: 10.1515/9783839433898?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Christoph Behrens, Stephanie Wodianka.

Cultural encounters are often being stylized not only as experiences of uncontrollability and unpredictability par excellence, but also as challenges to planning and predicting. The history, the different forms and the consequences of this phenomenon are the main issues discussed in this volume. The contributions show that chaos and control are not mutually exclusive in the "contact zone" (Mary Louise Pratt); on the contrary, they stand in relation to each other - be it as a competence or as an interpretive scheme.