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Motherless tongues : the insurgency of language amid wars of translation

Publisher: Ateneo de Manila University Press,


Title Details
  • Motherless tongues :
Publishers
  • Quezon City :Ateneo de Manila University Press,c2016
Descriptions
  • 255 pages
Isbn
    9789715507561
Subjects
  • Philippine languages -- History
  • Translating and interpreting -- Philippines -- History
  • United States -- Languages -- Political aspects
  • Philippines -- Colonial influence
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Place
  • United States
  • Philippines
Location MAIN
Item Call Number PL 5507 R34 2016
Status Available
Barcode 17617
International Standard Book Number
  • International Standard Book Number - 9789715507561
Library Of Congress Call Number
  • Classification number - PL 5507
  • Item number - R34 2016
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Rafael, Vicente L.
Title Statement
  • Title - Motherless tongues :
  • Remainder of title - the insurgency of language amid wars of translation /
  • Statement of responsibility, etc - Vicente L. Rafael
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc - Quezon City :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc - Ateneo de Manila University Press,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc - c2016
Physical Description
  • Extent - 255 pages
Formatted Contents Note
  • Formatted contents note - The aporia of translation -- Welcoming what comes : Translating sovereignty in the revolutionary Philippines -- Wars of translation : American English, colonial schooling, and Tagalog slang -- The cell phone and the crowd : Messianic politics in the EDSA II uprising -- Translation, American English, and the national insecurities of empire -- Targeting translation : Counterinsurgency and the weaponization of language -- The accidents of area studies : Benedict Anderson and Arjun Appadurai -- Contracting nostalgia : On Renato Rosaldo -- Language, history, and autobiography : Becoming Reynaldo Ileto -- Interview : Translation speaks with Vicente Rafael
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Philippine languages
  • General subdivision - History
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Translating and interpreting
  • Geographic subdivision - Philippines
  • General subdivision - History
Subject Geographic Name
  • Geographic name - United States
  • General subdivision - Political aspects
  • Geographic name - Philippines
  • General subdivision - Colonial influence