Born in the blood : on Native American translation / edited and with an introduction by Brian Swann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Swann, Brian.

Series:

Native literatures of the Americas.

Native literatures of the Americas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Languages--Translating.

Indians of North America.

Indian literature--North America--Translations into English--History and criticism.

Indian literature.

Indigenous literature--North America--Translations into English--History and criticism.

Local Subjects:

Indigenous literature--North America--Translations into English--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (486 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An anthology of essays on the translation of Native American languages and literatures by top scholars in the field.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part One; 1. Should Translation Work Take Place?: Ethical Questions Concerning the Translation of First Nations Languages; 2. Reading a Dictionary: How Passamaquoddy Language Translates Concepts of Physical and Social Space; 3. Translating Time: A Dialogue on Hopi Experiences of the Past; 4. Hopi Place Value: Translating a Landscape; 5. Related-Language Translation: Naskapi and East Cree; 6. Performative Translation and Oral Curation: Ti-Jean/Chezan in Beaverland; 7. Translation and Censorship of Native American Oral Literature

8. In the Words of Powhatan: Translation across Space and Time for The New WorldPart Two; 9. Ethnopoetic Translation in Relation to Audio, Video, and New Media Representations; 10. Translating Algonquian Oral Texts; 11. Translating the Boundary between Life and Death in O'odham Devil Songs; 12. Revisiting Haida Cradle-Song 67; 13. Translating Tense and Aspect in Tlingit Narratives; 14. Translating Performance in the Written Text: Verse Structure in Dakota and Hocák; 15. Toward Literature: Preservation of Artistic Effects in Choctaw Texts

16. Translating an Esoteric Idiom: The Case of Aztec Poetry17. Translating Context and Situation: William Strachey and Powhatan's "Scorneful Song"; 18. A Life in Translation; 19. Memories of Translation: Looking for the Right Words; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613146380

9781283146388

128314638X

9780803235410

0803235410

OCLC:

733040376