Cultural fusion (Topical Term)

Barfield, T. Dict. of anthropology (under Acculturation: "cultural fusion, whereby two cultures may exchange enough elements to produce a distinctive successor culture")

Castens, A. Cultural contact and cultural change ("cultural fusion, a new synthesis of cultural elements differing from both precontact cultures")

Google search, Mar. 19, 2008 (cultural fusion; culture fusion; hybridity)

LC database, Apr. 11, 2008 (hybridity; cultural fusion)

Here are entered works on the blending of elements from two or more cultures, often producing a distinctive successor culture. Works on the condition in which numerous distinct ethnic, religious, or cultural groups coexist within one society are entered under Cultural pluralism. Works on policies or programs that foster the preservation of different cultural identities, including customs, languages, and beliefs, within a unified society such as a state or nation, are entered under Multiculturalism.

Notes under Multiculturalism; Cultural pluralism