ABSTRACT
The processes of hybridization are more accessible in a multicultural situation where cultural reproduction to a lesser degree can be taken for granted. According to Friedman, the term hybridity is without social significance if it is not part of subjective experience. The Rudenga club, like most of the youth clubs in Norway, was run by the local municipality and served youths ranging from 13 to 18 years in age. On the level of more intimate social relations, there were a host of examples of deep friendships as well as of love-relations that involved members from a variety of different backgrounds. For a youth of immigrant background, the feeling of being mixed as expressed by Miriam may be seen as an explicit expression of the phenomenon of hybridization, in terms of self-identification. According to Colapietro, a dialogue is a paradigmatic example of semiosis as seen from within a Peircean framework.
