Rafael The Promise of the Foreign

Nationalism and the Technics of Translation in the Spanish Philippines
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8741-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rafael, Vicente L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Nationalismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Vicente L. Rafael is Professor of History at the University of Washington. He is the author of White Love and Other Events in Filipino History and Contracting Colonialism: Translation and Christian Conversion in Tagalog Society under Early Spanish Rule, both also published by Duke University Press.