Cultures are more Hybrid than Identifications. A Dialogue on Borders from the Southern Cone

GRIMSON, ALEJANDRO

Latino Studies

Palgrave Macmillan

Año: 2006 vol. 2006 p. 96 - 119

1476-3435

This text is an attempt to set up a dialogue between the theories on borders prevalent in the United States and the anthropology of borders prevailing in the Southern Cone. My purpose is to suggest that a series of ethnographical studies carried out on the borders between Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay have a contribution to make to the international debate on borders. Simply stated, this article is an affirmation that cultures are more hybrid than identification.