Translating cultures : perspectives on translation and anthropology / edited by Paula G. Rubel and Abraham Rosman.

Other author Rubel, Paula G.
Other author Rosman, Abraham.
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Berg, 2003.
Descriptionxi, 289 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction, Translation and anthropology / Paula G. Rubel and Abraham Rosman -- Lyotard and Wittgenstein and the question of translation / Aram A. Yengoyan -- Translation and belief ascription : fundamental barriers / Todd Jones -- Translation, transduction, transformation : skating "glossando" on thin semiotic ice / Michael Silverstein -- Unspeakable in pursuit of the ineffable : representations of untranslatability in ethnographic discourse / Michael Herzfeld -- Translating folk theories of translation / Deborah Kapchan -- Second language, national language, modern language, and post-colonial voice : on Indonesian / Webb Keane -- Notes on transliteration / Brinkley Messick -- Ethnographer as pontifex / Benson Saler -- Text translation as a prelude for soul translation / Alan F. Segal -- Structural impediments to translation in art / Wyatt MacGaffey -- Are kinship terminologies and kinship concepts translatable? / Abraham Rosman and Paula G. Rubel.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2003000652
ISBN1859737404
ISBN1859737455 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks GN307.5 .T73 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold