Douglas Robinson

Translation and Empire (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Arising from cultural anthropology in the late 1980s and early 1990s, postcolonial translation theory is based on the observation that translation has often served as an important channel of empire

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317642275
• Artikelnr.: 40831148

Autorenporträt

Robinson, Douglas

Inhaltsangabe

1. Postcolonial Studies, Translation Studies
Translation and empire
What does postcolonial mean?
The rise of postcolonial theory
Hegemony, subjectification and interpellation
Language, place and self
Beyond nationalism: migrant and border cultures
2. Power Differentials
Translating across power differentials
Disproportionate translations
'Inscrutable' texts
Stereotypes
Writing for translation
Theorizing across power differentials
3. Translation as Empire: The Theoretical Record
Emperors and displaced populations
The sublimation of empire: Cicero and Horace
Translatio Imperii et Studii
Taking the original captive
Translation and empire
4. Translation and the Impact of Colonialism
Eric Cheyfitz and the colonization of the New World
Repression and hierarch
Projection
Eloquence and dialogue
Property
Centre and periphery
Niranjana and the British interpellation of India
Rafael and the Spanish conversion of the Tagalogs
The hierarch of languages
Confession
5. Resistance, Redirection, and Retranslation
Tejaswini Niranjana and retranslation
Vicente Rafael and mistranslation
Samia Mehrez and métissés
6. Criticisms