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The act of translation is a political action. This title draws on Benjamin, Derrida, and de Man to show that translation has long been a site for perpetuating the unequal power relations among people, races, and languages.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations

1. Introduction: History in Translation
2. Representing Texts and Cultures:
Translation Studies and Ethnography
3· Allegory and the Critique of Historicism:
Reading Paul de Man
4· Politics and Poetics: De Man, Benjamin, and
the Task of the Translator
5· Deconstructing Translation and History:
Derrida on Benjamin
6. Translation as Disruption: Post-Structuralism
and the Post-Colonial Context

Bibliography
Index

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    Publisher: University of California Press
    Publication Date: 08/01/1992
    ISBN13: 9780520074514, 978-0520074514
    ISBN10: 0520074513
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    Language teaching and learning Translation and language interpretation Cultural studies

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    The act of translation is a political action. This title draws on Benjamin, Derrida, and de Man to show that translation has long been a site for perpetuating the unequal power relations among people, races, and languages.

    Table of Contents
    Acknowledgments
    Abbreviations

    1. Introduction: History in Translation
    2. Representing Texts and Cultures:
    Translation Studies and Ethnography
    3· Allegory and the Critique of Historicism:
    Reading Paul de Man
    4· Politics and Poetics: De Man, Benjamin, and
    the Task of the Translator
    5· Deconstructing Translation and History:
    Derrida on Benjamin
    6. Translation as Disruption: Post-Structuralism
    and the Post-Colonial Context

    Bibliography
    Index

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