The promise of the foreign : nationalism and the technics of translation in the Spanish Philippines / Vicente L. Rafael
Imprint
Durham : Duke University Press, 2005
Descript
xviii, 231 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Translation and telecommunication : Castilian as a lingua franca -- The phantasm of revenge : on Rizal's Fili -- The call of death : on Rizal's Noli -- The colonial uncanny : the foreign lodged in the vernacular -- Making the vernacular foreign : Tagalog as Castilian -- Pity, recognition, and the risks of literature in Balagtas -- "Freedom = death" : conjurings, secrecy, revolution
SUBJECT
Nationalism -- Philippines -- History -- To 19th century
Philippines -- Politics and government -- 19th century
Language and languages -- Political aspects -- Philippines
Spanish language -- Philippines
Philippine literature (Spanish) -- History and criticism
Translating and interpreting -- Philippines -- History