TY - BOOK AU - Steiner,Tina TI - Translated people, translated texts: language and migration in contemporary African literature SN - 9781315760223 (e-book : PDF) PY - 2014/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - African literature (English) KW - 20th century KW - History and criticism KW - Immigrants in literature KW - Identity (Psychology) in literature KW - Multiculturalism in literature KW - Culture conflict in literature KW - Language and culture KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - 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); Also available in print edition UR - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9781315760223 ER -