Contracting Colonialism : Translation and Conversion in Tagalog Society Under Early Spanish Rule / Vicente L. Rafael.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rafael, Vicente L., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

West European History.

Local Subjects:

West European History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this innovative contribution to the history of the Philippines, 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 of Spanish rule (1580–1705). By tracing this history of communication between Spaniards and Tagalogs, he seeks to map the conditions that made possible both the emergence of a colonial regime and resistance to it before and during the formation of a nationalist consciousness.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

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

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

1-5017-3757-0

OCLC:

1178768984