Hybridity
Mixture, in various contexts / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hybridity, in its most basic sense, refers to mixture. The term originates from biology[1] and was subsequently employed in linguistics and in racial theory in the nineteenth century.[2] Its contemporary uses are scattered across numerous academic disciplines and is salient in popular culture.[3] Hybridity is used in discourses about race, postcolonialism, identity, anti-racism and multiculturalism, and globalization, developed from its roots as a biological term.