Conflict, hegemony and ideology in the mutual translation of modern Arabic and Hebrew literatures / by Mahmoud Kayyal.
"Can translations fuel intractable conflicts or contribute to calming them? To what extent do translators belonging to conflicting cultures find themselves committed to their ethnic identity and its narratives? How do translators on the seam line between the two cultures behave? Does colonial s...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2022]
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| Series: | Brill's series in Jewish studies ;
v. 73. |
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | "Can translations fuel intractable conflicts or contribute to calming them? To what extent do translators belonging to conflicting cultures find themselves committed to their ethnic identity and its narratives? How do translators on the seam line between the two cultures behave? Does colonial supremacy encourage translators to strengthen cultural and linguistic hegemony or rather undermine it? Mahmoud Kayyal tries to answer these questions and others in this book by examining mutual translations in the shadow of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the hegemony relations between Israel and the Palestinians"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 395 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004517812 9789004517813 |