Pizza Effect
Hermeneutical Feedback Loop · Re-enculturation
The phenomenon of elements culture being transformed or more fully embraced elsewhere, and then re-imported to the original culture with a nuance of the foreign culture's interpretation.
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Origin
Coined by Anthropology professor Agehananda Bharati in 1970, based on his understanding of the history of pizza, which had really only become modern pizza as we know it after going from a simple break without toppings in Italy, adapted in the US after World War I, and re-introduced to Italy.