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Contracting colonialism : translation and Christian conversion in Tagalog society under early Spanish rule / Vicente L. Rafael.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rafael, Vicente L.
- Series:
- ATLA Special Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Taglog (Philippine people)--Clothing--History.
- Taglog (Philippine people).
- Christian converts--Philippines.
- Christian converts.
- Christianity--Philippines.
- Christianity.
- Spanish language--Translating into Tagalog.
- Spanish language.
- Philippines--Colonization.
- Philippines.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- First paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In an innovative mix of history, anthropology, and post-colonial theory, Vicente L. Rafael examines the role of language in the religious conversion of the Tagalogs to Catholicism and their subsequent colonization during the early period (1580–1705) of Spanish rule in the Philippines. By tracing this history of communication between Spaniards and Tagalogs, Rafael maps the conditions that made possible both the emergence of a colonial regime and resistance to it. Originally published in 1988, this new paperback edition contains an updated preface that places the book in theoretical relation to other recent works in cultural studies and comparative colonialism.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Fishing Out the Past
- 1. The Politics of Translation
- 2. Tomas Pinpin and the Shock of Castilian
- 3. Conversion and the Demands of Confession
- 4. Untranslatability and the Terms of Reciprocity
- 5. Translating Submission
- 6. Paradise and the Reinvention of Death
- Afterword: Translation and the Colonial Legacy
- Notes:
- Originally published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1988.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-226) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Edition:
- Reproduction of: 0801420652 9780801420658 Rafael, Vicente L. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1988
- ISBN:
- 9780822396437
- 0822396432
- 9781322151878
- 1322151873
- OCLC:
- 893679016
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