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Tokens of Exchange: The Problem of Translation in Global Circulations
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Paperback. Includes the essays that focus on China and its interactions with the West to historicise an economy of translation. This work contends that 'national histories' and 'world history' must be read with absolute attention to the types of epistemological translatability that have been constructed among various languages and cultures in modern times. Editor(s): Liu, Lydia H. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 464 pages, 22 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 676.
The problem of translation has become increasingly central to critical reflections on modernity and its universalizing processes. Approaching translation as a symbolic and material exchange among peoples and civilizations—and not as a purely linguistic or literary matter, the essays in Tokens of Exchange focus on China and its interactions with the West to historicize an economy of translation. Rejecting the familiar regional approach to non-Western societies, contributors contend that “national histories” and “world history” must be read with absolute attention to the types of epistemological translatability that have been constructed among the various languages and cultures in modern times.
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The problem of translation has become increasingly central to critical reflections on modernity and its universalizing processes. Approaching translation as a symbolic and material exchange among peoples and civilizations—and not as a purely linguistic or literary matter, the essays in Tokens of Exchange focus on China and its interactions with the West to historicize an economy of translation. Rejecting the familiar regional approach to non-Western societies, contributors contend that “national histories” and “world history” must be read with absolute attention to the types of epistemological translatability that have been constructed among the various languages and cultures in modern times.
... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Series
Post-Contemporary Interventions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822324249
SKU
V9780822324249
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About Liu
Lydia H. Liu is Helmut F. Stern Professor of Chinese Studies and Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is the author of Translingual Practice: Literature, National Culture, and Translated Modernity—China, 1900–1937.
Reviews for Tokens of Exchange: The Problem of Translation in Global Circulations
“This impressive volume expands the metaphor of translation to encompass a broad spread of transcultural negotiations, thereby opening new possibilities for approaching the language and practices of East Asian modernities. The volume presents exemplary models for demonstrating the historicity of how concepts travel and become caught up within localized sign systems.”—Ann Anagnost, author of National Past-Times: Narrative, Representation, and Power ... Read more