Translating al-Andalus
Otherness and identity in Conde's 'descripción De España
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5772666 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Gil Bardají (0000-0003-3515-9719, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 221-236 |
| Publication date | 2009-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Multicultural Discourses (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-7143 • E-ISSN: 1747-6615 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17447140902843001 |
| OpenAlex | W2076008426 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
This article works from the premise that translation, given its hybrid nature, plays a decisive role in constructing discourses of otherness and identity. Orientalist translation is an excellent source for studying the discourse of otherness, whether of an ideological nature or not, while also providing a wealth of information of how 'Self' is perceived and represented. In the case of Spanish orientalism, the construction of such discourses is particularly complex due to the nature of the topic under study: al-Andalus, the Arabic name given to those parts of the Iberian Peninsula governed by Muslims at various times in the period between 711 and 1492. According to Martínez Montávez, al-Andalus has always had two facets: the real and historical which ended in 1492, the other figurative and symbolic which has survived until today. This article analyses the peritexts in the translation of a famous Andalusian treatise on geography carried out by José Antonio Conde, one of the first prominent figures in Spanish Arabism. My analysis applies the semiotic construction model of otherness proposed by Carbonell (2003 Carbonell, O. 2003. Semiotic alteration in translation. Othering, stereotyping and hybridization in contemporary translations from Arabic into Spanish and Catalan. Lingüistica Antverpiensia (new series), 2: 145-59. [Google Scholar],2004 Carbonell, O. 2004. Vislumbres de la otredad. Hacia un marco general de la construcción semiótica del Otro en traducción. Vasos Comunicantes, 28: 59-71. [Google Scholar]), a model which I have adapted to Foucault's notions of discourse, discursive structure and statement (ennoncé) (1990 Foucault , M. 1990 . La arqueología del saber Primera edición de 1969 . Traducción de Aurelio Garzón del Camino . [Google Scholar] (1969 Foucault, M. 1969. L'archéologie du savoir, Paris: Gallimard. [Google Scholar]), 2001 Foucault , M. 2001 . Las palabras y las cosas Primera edición en francés 1966 . Traducción de Elsa Cecilia Frost . [Google Scholar] (1966 Foucault, M. 1966. Les mots et les choses. Une archéologie des sciences humaines, Paris: Gallimard. [Google Scholar]), 2002 Foucault , M. 2002 . El orden del discurso Primera edición en francés 1971 . Barcelona, , Spain : Tusquets. Traducción de Alberto González Troyano . [Google Scholar] (1971 Foucault, M. 1971. L'Ordre du discours, Paris: Gallimard. [Google Scholar])), Widdowson's notions of text, context and pretext (2004) and Genette's (1987) notion of peritext
Catalan · Orientalism · Hispanic-African Historical Relations · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History, Culture, and Diplomacy
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |