Bilingual games : some literary investigations / edited by Doris Sommer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sommer, Doris, 1947-

Series:

New directions in Latino American cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bilingualism and literature.

Physical Description:

viii, 308 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

Sommer invites distinguished writers to examine the fundamental difference it makes to play games between languages.

Contents:

Choices?

What is the Ontological Status of Bilingualism / Michael Holquist Holquist, Michael

Is Monolingualism Possible? / Enrique Bernárdez Bernárdez, Enrique

José Can You See?" : Latina Responses to Racist Discourse / Ana Celia Zentella Zentella, Ana Celia

Places

New York, Diaspora City: Latinos Between and Beyond / Juan Flores Flores, Juan

Montreal: A City in Translation / Sherry Simon Simon, Sherry

Introduction to Tetraglosia: The Situation of Maghrebi Writers / Reda Bensmaia Bensmaia, Reda

Bilingualism, Quechua Poetry and Post-Modern Subjectivity / José A. Mazzotti Mazzotti, José A.

The Transamerican Trail to "Cerca del Cielo" : John Sayles and the Aesthetics of Multilingual Cinema / Joshua Miller Miller, Joshua

Genders

Doña Marina and Captain Malinche / Margo Glantz Glantz, Margo

Bilingual Blues, Bilingual Bliss. El Caso Casey / Gustavo Pérez-Firmat Pérez-Firmat, Gustavo

The Mother Tongue / Benigno Trigo Trigo, Benigno

Cuban Lexicon for Bargaining Bilinguals in Daina Chaviano's "El Hombre, la Hembra y el Hambre" / Esther Whitfield Whitfield, Esther

Doubled-Barreled Canon

Pidginizing Chinese - Yunte Huang

Found in Translation: Reflections of Bilingual Americans / Julio Marzán Marzán, Julio

The Language of Mixture / Julio Ortega Ortega, Julio

Kafka's Languages / David Suchoff Suchoff, David

Igor Guberman: An Exile's Art of Punning / Greta Slobin Slobin, Greta

Living Investigations

Bilingual Scenes / Sylvia Molloy Molloy, Sylvia.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1403960119

1403960127

OCLC:

49959427

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