The Making of Culture Repertoire and the Role of Transfer

Even-Zohar, Itamar

doi:10.1075/target.9.2.09eve

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Vol. 9:2 (1997) ► pp.351–359

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The Making of Culture Repertoire and the Role of Transfer

Itamar Even-Zohar | Tel Aviv University

Published online: 1 January 1997

https://doi.org/10.1075/target.9.2.09eve

Article outline

1.Purpose of this Paper
2.The Culture Repertoire
- 2.1.The Size of the Group
3.The Two Aspects of Organization of Life
- 3.1.The Passive Aspect
- 3.2.The Active Aspect
4.The Making of Repertoire
5.The Acceptance of Repertoire
- 5.1.The Portion of Accepted Repertoire
6.The Procedures for Making Repertoire: Invention and Import
7.The Flow of Import
8.From "Import" to "Transfer"
9.The Nature of the Transferred Goods
10.The Causes of Import and the Trajectory of Transfer
- 10.1.Factors of Transfer
- 10.2.Degrees of the Role of Transfer
11.The Labor of Agents as Items of Transferred Repertoire
- 11.1.The Volume of Transfer Activity
12.To Sum Up
Acknowlegments
References

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