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Rafael, Vicente L.,

Motherless tongues : the insurgency of language amid wars of translation / Vicente L. Rafael. - xii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-245) and index.

Welcoming what comes : translating sovereignty in the revolutionary Philippines -- Wars of translation : American English, colonial schooling, and Tagalog slang -- The cell phone and the crowd : messianic politics in the EDSA II uprising -- Translation, American English, and the national insecurities of empire -- Targeting translation : counterinsurgency and the weaponization of language -- The accidents of area studies : Benedict Anderson and Arjun Appadurai -- Contracting nostalgia : on Renato Rosaldo -- Language, history, and autobiography : becoming Reynaldo Ileto -- Interview: Translation speaks with Vicente Rafael.

ISBN: 9780822360582 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780822360742 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9789715507561

LCCN: 2015034666

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Philippine languages--Political aspects.
Translating and interpreting--Political aspects--Philippines.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Languages--Political aspects.
Philippines--Colonial influence.

LC Class. No.: P119.32.P45 / R34 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 306.449599 R121 2016