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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823081603321

Autore

Insana Lina N. <1970->

Titolo

Arduous tasks : Primo Levi, translation, and the transmission of Holocaust testimony / / Lina N. Insana

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

1-4426-9296-0

1-4426-8736-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Collana

Toronto Italian studies

Disciplina

853/.914

Soggetti

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface: Points of Entry -- Introduction. Translation Matters -- 1. Transmission: The Witness as Translator -- 2. Source Texts and Subtexts: Translation and the Grey Zone -- 3. Transgression: Translation and Levi's 'Trapassar del segno' -- 4. Infinite Transaction: Testimonial Numismatics and the Narrative Exchange -- 5. Palinodic Reversal: The Trials of Translation -- Conclusion: The Witness's Tape Recorder and the Violence of Mediation -- Index of Primo Levi's Works.

Sommario/riassunto

In Arduous Tasks, Lina N. Insana demonstrates how translation functions as a metaphor for the transmission of Holocaust testimony and broadens the parameters of survivor testimony.