[PDF.53ue] The Promise of the Foreign: Nationalism and the Technics of Translation in the Spanish Philippines

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 one’s encounter with things foreign while preserving their strangeness. Rafael examines the workings of the foreign in the ...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Promise of the Foreign: Nationalism and the Technics of Translation in the Spanish Philippines   |  Vicente L. Rafael. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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