The promise of the foreign
Subtitle: nationalism and the technics of translation in the Spanish Philippines
By: Vicente L. Rafael.
Publisher: Duke University Press; Duke University Press Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: Nationalism -- Philippines -- History -- To 19th century; Language and languages -- Political aspects -- Philippines; Spanish language -- Philippines; Philippine literature (Spanish) -- History and criticism; Translating and interpreting -- Philippines -- History; Philippines -- Politics and government -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Translation and telecommunication : Castilian as a lingua franca; title: The phantasm of revenge : on Rizal's Fili; title: The call of death : on Rizal's Noli; title: The colonial uncanny : the foreign lodged in the vernacular; title: Making the vernacular foreign : Tagalog as Castilian; title: Pity, recognition, and the risks of literature in Balagtas; title: "Freedom = death" : conjurings, secrecy, revolution.