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Translated people, translated texts

Steiner, Tina.

Translated people, translated texts language and migration in contemporary African literature / [electronic resource] : Tina Steiner. - London : Routledge, 2014. - 176 p.

First published 2009 by St. Jerome Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-166) and index.

1. Mapping the terrain : defining cultural translation -- 2. Strategic nostalgia, Islam and cultural translation in Leila Aboulela's The translator (1999) and Coloured lights (2001) -- 3. Translation, knowledge and the reader in Jamal Mahjoub's Wings of dust (1994) and The carrier (1998) -- 4. Mimicry or translation : storytelling and migrant identity in Abdulrazak Gurnah's Admiring silence (1996) and By the sea (2001) -- 5. Ambivalent translation between individual and community Moyez Vassanji's No new land (1991) and Amriika (1999).




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9781315760223 (e-book : PDF)


African literature (English)--History and criticism.--20th century
Immigrants in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Multiculturalism in literature.
Culture conflict in literature.
Language and culture.


Electronic books.