Not A Mashup - Bicolage

BRICOLAGE
noun
Etymology: from French for the verb to putter around
a) construction (as of a sculpture or structure of ideas) achieved by using whatever comes to hand, b) something constructed in this way
--Merriam-Webster's Dictionary

Bricolage can be seen in theatre, visual art, and music. A band that uses found objects as instruments would be an example of this. Culturally, bricolage is seen when people reach across a number of different cultures to bring together an identity from a collection of objects. The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana is an example of bricolage in literature, especially because not only has the author found objects to use in the text but the character of Yambo finds them as well. So this is a text that is a bricolage in form and is also about the action of creating a bricolage. Sometimes a mashup is also a bricolage, dependent on the types of materials used to create it. However, if the components of the piece are not recognizable than it is a bricolage but not a mashup.