Description: The Promise of the Foreign by Vicente L. Rafael Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description A study of the effects of translation practices and historical writings in the Philippines on questions of nationalism Publisher Description In The Promise of the Foreign, Vicente L. Rafael argues that translation was key to the emergence of Filipino nationalism in the nineteenth century. Acts of translation entailed technics from which issued the promise of nationhood. Such a promise consisted of revising the heterogeneous and violent origins of the nation by mediating ones encounter with things foreign while preserving their strangeness. Rafael examines the workings of the foreign in the Filipinos fascination with Castilian, the language of the Spanish colonizers. In Castilian, Filipino nationalists saw the possibility of arriving at a lingua franca with which to overcome linguistic, regional, and class differences. Yet they were also keenly aware of the social limits and political hazards of this linguistic fantasy.Through close readings of nationalist newspapers and novels, the vernacular theater, and accounts of the 1896 anticolonial revolution, Rafael traces the deep ambivalence with which elite nationalists and lower-class Filipinos alike regarded Castilian. The widespread belief in the potency of Castilian meant that colonial subjects came in contact with a recurring foreignness within their own language and society. Rafael shows how they sought to tap into this uncanny power, seeing in it both the promise of nationhood and a menace to its realization. Tracing the genesis of this promise and the ramifications of its betrayal, Rafael sheds light on the paradox of nationhood arising from the possibilities and risks of translation. By repeatedly opening borders to the arrival of something other and new, translation compels the nation to host foreign presences to which it invariably finds itself held hostage. While this condition is perhaps common to other nations, Rafael shows how its unfolding in the Philippine colony would come to be claimed by Filipinos, as would the names of the dead and their ghostly emanations. Author Biography Vicente L. Rafael is Professor of History at the University of Washington. He is the author of White Love and Other Events in Filipino History and Contracting Colonialism: Translation and Christian Conversion in Tagalog Society under Early Spanish Rule, both also published by Duke University Press. Details ISBN 0822336510 ISBN-13 9780822336518 Title The Promise of the Foreign Author Vicente L. Rafael Format Hardcover Year 2005 Pages 256 Publisher Duke University Press GE_Item_ID:161666763; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780822336518
Book Title: The Promise of the Foreign
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Promise of the Foreign : Nationalism and the Technics of Translation in the Spanish Philippines
Publisher: Duke University Press
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2005
Subject: Asia / Southeast Asia, Asian / General, Spanish, Translating & Interpreting, World / Asian, Linguistics / General, Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Foreign Language Study, Political Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, History
Author: Vicente L. Rafael
Item Length: 9.5 in
Item Width: 5.9 in
Format: Hardcover
