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A Study about Hybrid Cultural Source & Transmission Aspect of Japan

  • Journal of Humanities
  • 2012, (49), pp.141~163
  • Publisher : Institute for Humanities
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : December 31, 2011
  • Accepted : February 1, 2012

Lee NoMi 1

1강원대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

The chief purpose of this research is to examine the true meaning of hybridity that is the symbol of the cultural paradigm in the 21st century digital information society and investigate the types of sources in Japanese hybrid culture and the patterns of its transmission. ybrid is the process of hybridity to combine heterogeneous things and create a new system. As it corresponds to the original meaning that Japan’s ultimate goal through ‘imitation’ is ‘creation’, Japan is recognized as the symbol of hybrid. Japanese hybrid culture created properly for the Japanese soil as foreign and its original culture are well harmonized is characterized by the fact that it doesn’t mean the absence of basic culture but the coexistence of all in multilayered ways. In particular, the result of hybridity established voluntarily in the inside of Japan did contribute greatly to the birth of ‘Hwahonhanjae’ and ‘Hwahonyangjae’which are the background of triggering Japanese modernization through the value of ‘Wa’ that is the ground of its hybrid culture. As the development of Japanese culture through hybrid justifies the mixture of cultures and contributes to cultural openness, diversity, and creativity to produce new culture, it becomes the ground of creativity to build a future nation in the knowledge information society. Thereupon, we also have to escape from cultural monism but pursue hybridity where boundaries collapse and fuse. However, we should also deem that the hybrid resulted from random combination without our original ideas or values will lead to the risk in which we may lose the originality or uniqueness of local culture. Therefore, this discussion can be seen significant in that it adheres to cultural pluralism and provide essential clues to understand hybrid culture through cultural pluralism and openness.

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