Vicente L. Rafael

The Promise of the Foreign

Nationalism and the Technics of Translation in the Spanish Philippines

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Produktbeschreibung

A study of the effects of translation practices and historical writings in the Philippines on questions of nationalism

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 250mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 464g
• ISBN-13: 9780822336518
• ISBN-10: 0822336510
• Artikelnr.: 21756852

Autorenporträt

Vicente L. Rafael

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments xi
Preface xv
Introduction: Forgiving the Foreign 1
1. Translation and Telecommunication: Castilian as Lingua Franca 17
2. The Phantasm of Revenge: On Rizal's Fili 36
3. The Call of Death: On Rizal's Noli
4. The Colonial Uncanny: The Foreign Lodged in the Vernacular 96
5. Making the Vernacular Foreign: Tagalog as Castilian 119
6. Pity, Recognition, and the Risks of Literature in Balagtas 132
7. "Freedom = Death": Conjurings, Secrecy, Revolution 159
Afterword: Ghostly Voices: Kalayaan's Address 183
Notes 191
Works Cited 213
Index 223