An edition of Translated people, translated texts
(2009)
Translated people, translated texts
language and migration in contemporary African literature
by Tina Steiner
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Multiculturalism in literature, Immigrants in literature, Identity (Psychology) in literature, Culture conflict in literature, History and criticism, African literature (English), Language and culture, African literature (english), history and criticism, Identity (psychology) in literature, Culture conflict, Culture shock in literature, Littérature africaine (anglaise), Histoire et critique, Immigrants dans la littérature, Identité (Psychologie) dans la littérature, Multiculturalisme dans la littérature, Conflit culturel dans la littérature, Langage et culture, LITERARY CRITICISM, European, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Migration, Roman, Migration (Motiv)Times
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Translated people, translated texts: language and migration in contemporary African literature
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Table of Contents
Cultural translation in contemporary African migrant literature. Mapping the terrain
Defining cultural translation
The manipulation of language
Contact zones, homes and destinations
Historical, religious and personal contexts of departure
Strategic nostalgia, Islam and cultural translation in Leila Aboulela's The translator (1999) and Coloured lights (2001). Strategic nostalgia
Orientalism, Islamism and supplementary spaces
Politics of language and nostalgic memories
Translating back
Translation, knowledge and the reader in Jamal Mahjoub's Wings of dust (1994) and The carrier (1998). Translation's threat to authority : "all knowledge in these dark times is dangerous"
Exile and madness : a portrait of two translators : Sharif and Shibshib
Copernicus, carriers and the translation of scientific knowledge
Mimicry or translation : storytelling and migrant identity in Abdulrazak Gurnah's Admiring silence (1996) and By the sea (2001). Migrant storytelling and cultural translation
Mimicry or the refusal to translate in admiring silence : "beware of the stories you read or tell"
Cultural translation in By the sea : "stories can transform enemies into friends"
Translation between the individual and community in Moyez G. Vassanji's No new land (1991) and Amriika (1999). Cultural translation and the threat of community
Migration and difficult translations in No new land
Migration, a translation into other galaxies? Amriika
Conclusion.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-166) and index.
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