Who coined the term 'Bricolage'?
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Correct answer: A. Claude Lévi-Strauss
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Lévi-Strauss used 'bricolage' in The Savage Mind (La Pensée sauvage, 1962) for the way mythical thought builds with whatever materials are at hand, like a handyman (bricoleur). Derrida later discussed it in 'Structure, Sign and Play', and Dick Hebdige applied it to subcultural style in Subculture (1979).
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