Disarming words empire and the seductions of translation in Egypt / Shaden M. Tageldin.

Author/creator Tageldin, Shaden M.
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press,
Descriptionxvii, 348 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Subjects
Translating and interpreting--Egypt. --History. --19th century.
Translating and interpreting--Egypt. --History. --20th century.
Postcolonialism--Egypt.
Comparative literature--Arabic and English.
Comparative literature--Arabic and French.
Comparative literature--English. --Congresses.
Language and languages in literature.

SeriesFlashPoints ; 5
Flashpoints (Berkeley, Calif.) ; $v 5. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Note on Translation and Transliteration -- Overture : Cultural Imperialism Revisited: Translation, Seduction, Power -- The Irresistible Lure of Recognition -- The Dismantling I : Al-Attar's Antihistory of the French in Egypt, 1798-1799 -- Suspect Kinships : Al-Tahtawi and the Theory of French-Arabic "Equivalence," 1827-1834 -- Surrogate Seed, World-Tree : Mubarak, al-Sibai, and the Translations of "Islam" in British Egypt, 1882-1912 -- Order, Origin, and the Elusive Sovereign : Post-1919 Nation Formation and the Imperial Urge toward Translatability -- English Lessons : The Illicit Copulations of Egypt at Empire's End -- Coda : History, Affect, and the Problem of the Universal.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011005499
ISBN9780520265523 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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