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Author Rafael, Vicente L., author.

Title The promise of the foreign : nationalism and the technics of translation in the Spanish Philippines / Vicente L. Rafael
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 231 pages) : illustrations
Series e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Contents 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
Summary A study of the effects of translation practices and historical writings in the Philippines on questions of nationalism
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index
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Subject Nationalism -- Philippines -- History -- To 19th century
Language and languages -- Political aspects.
Spanish language -- Philippines
Philippine literature (Spanish) -- History and criticism
Translating and interpreting -- Philippines -- History
Nationalism -- Philippines -- History -- 19th century
Language and languages -- Political aspects -- Philippines
Translating and interpreting -- Philippines -- History -- 19th century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Nationalism.
HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia.
Language and languages -- Political aspects
Nationalism
Philippine literature (Spanish)
Politics and government
Spanish language
Translating and interpreting
SUBJECT Philippines -- Politics and government -- 19th century
Subject Philippines
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2005011388
ISBN 9780822387411
0822387417