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1 online resource (ix, 203 pages). |
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| Series |
Comparative cultural studies |
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Comparative cultural studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Nimble Tongues is a collection of essays that continues Steven G. Kellman's work in the fertile field of translingualism, focusing on the phenomenon of switching languages. A series of investigations and reflections rather than a single thesis, the collection is perhaps more akin in its aims-if not accomplishment-to George Steiner's Extraterritorial: Papers on Literature and the Language Revolution or Umberto Eco's Travels in Hyperreality. Topics covered include the significance of translingualism; translation and its challenges; immigrant memoirs; the autobiographies that Ariel Dorfman wrote in English and Spanish, respectively; the only feature film ever made in Esperanto; Francesca Marciano, an Italian who writes in English; Jhumpa Lahiri, who has abandoned English for Italian; Ilan Stavans, a prominent translingual author and scholar; Hugo Hamilton, a writer who grew up torn among Irish, German, and English; Antonio Ruiz-Camacho, a Mexican who writes in English; and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a multilingual text"-- Provided by publisher |
| Note |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 21, 2020). |
| Contents |
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Does Translingualism Matter? -- Writer Speaks with Forked Tongue:Interlingual Predicaments -- Promiscuous Tongues: Erotics of Translingualism and Translation -- Writing South and North: Ariel Dorfman's Linguistic Ambidexterity -- Alien Autographs: How Translators Make Their Marks -- Translingual Memoirs of the New American Immigration -- Incubus and the Esperanto Movie Industry -- An Italian in English: The Translingual Case of Francesca Marciano -- Hugo Hamilton's Language War -- Jhumpa Lahiri Goes Italian |
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Linguaphobia and Its Resistance in America -- Omnilingual Aspirations: The Case of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Glossary -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author |
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Multilingualism and literature.
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Language and culture.
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Multilinguisme et littérature.
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Langage et culture.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics.
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Language and culture
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Multilingualism and literature
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kellman, Steven G., 1947- Nimble tongues. West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, 2020 9781557538727 (DLC) 2019029010 |
| ISBN |
9781612496016 (electronic book) |
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1612496016 (electronic book) |
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1612496008 (electronic book) |
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9781612496009 (electronic bk.) |
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9781557538727 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000065839143 |
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AU@ 000074063401 |
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