
Contracting Colonialism
Translation and Christian Conversion in Tagalog Society Under Early Spanish Rule
Vicente L. Rafael(Author)
Duke University Press
Published on 25. November 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-8223-1341-0 (ISBN)
Description
In an innovative mix of history, anthropology, and post-colonial theory, Vicente L. Rafael examines the role of language in the religious conversion of the Tagalogs to Catholicism and their subsequent colonization during the early period (1580-1705) of Spanish rule in the Philippines. By tracing this history of communication between Spaniards and Tagalogs, Rafael maps the conditions that made possible both the emergence of a colonial regime and resistance to it. Originally published in 1988, this new paperback edition contains an updated preface that places the book in theoretical relation to other recent works in cultural studies and comparative colonialism.
Reviews / Votes
"This is a significant, original, and engaging book that should find an audience among those concerned with colonialism, discourse, and ideology."-Renato Rosaldo, Stanford UniversityMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
North Carolina
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
435 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8223-1341-0 (9780822313410)
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Contracting Colonialism
Translation and Christian Conversion in Tagalog Society Under Early Spanish Rule
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Person
Vicente L. Rafael is Professor of History at the University of Washington. He is the author of The Promise of the Foreign: Nationalism and the Technics of Translation in the Spanish Philippines and White Love and Other Events in Filipino History, both also published by Duke University Press.