Culture, Language and Identity: English-Tamil in Colonial India, 1750 to 1900

ISBN-13: 9781138282339 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 144 str.

Rajagopalan, R.

Opis

This volume examines the relationship between language and power across cultural boundaries. It sheds light on how English and Tamil acted as a conduit for cultural transmission among different groups during the first phase of colonialism - mid-18th to late-19th century - to explore the vital role of translation in redefining ethnic identity.

Spis treści

Contributors.  Foreword.  Preface.  Acknowledgements.  Introduction 1. Semi-machi(a) Nations and Translation: India, 1500 to 1900 2. The Metamorphosis of Tamil–English Lexicography: Dictionaries by Foreign Missionaries in the Period 1750–1900 3. The Politics, Problems and the Beauties of Translating ‘The Holy Bible’ 4. On Translating Moral and Ethical Texts from Tamil to English 5. Literary Daughters and their Lineage: A Study of the Novels Saguna and Kamala by Krupabai Satthianadhan In English and in Tamil Translation.  Afterword.  Bibliography