Contracting Colonialism : Translation and Christian Conversion in Tagalog Society Under Early Spanish Rule /
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 thi...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham [North Carolina] :
Duke University Press,
1993.
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Edición: | First paperback edition. |
Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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