Translating pain : immigrant suffering in literature and culture / / Madelaine Hron |
Autore | Hron Madelaine |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina | 809.3/9353 |
Soggetto topico |
Fiction - Minority authors - History and criticism
Emigration and immigration in literature Suffering in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4426-8949-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- An Affective Introduction -- Part I. Translating Immigrant Suffering -- 1. 'Perversely through Pain': Immigrants and Immigrant Suffering -- 2. 'Suffering Matters': The Translation and Politics of Pain -- Part II. Embodying Pain: Maghrebi Immigrant Texts -- 3. 'Mal Partout': Bodily Rhetoric in Maghrebi Immigrant Fiction -- 4. 'In the Maim of the Father': Disability and Bodies of Labour -- 5. 'Ni Putes Ni Soumises?' Engendering Doubly Oppressed Bodies -- 6. 'Pathologically Sick': Metaphors of Disease in Beur Texts -- Part III. Affective Cultural Translation: Haitian Vodou -- 7. 'Zombification': Hybrid Myth- Uses of Vodou from the West to Haiti -- 8. 'Zombi-Fictions': Vodou Myth-Represented in Haitian Immigrant Fiction -- Part IV. Silencing Suffering: The 'Painless' Czech Case -- 9. 'Painless' Fictions? Czech Exile and Return -- 10. 'The Suffering of Return': Painful Detours in Czech Novels of Return -- For a Responsive Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456773203321 |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 | ||
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Translating pain : immigrant suffering in literature and culture / / Madelaine Hron |
Autore | Hron Madelaine |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina | 809.3/9353 |
Soggetto topico |
Fiction - Minority authors - History and criticism
Emigration and immigration in literature Suffering in literature |
ISBN |
1-4426-9324-X
1-4426-8949-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | "Perversely through pain" : immigrants and immigrant suffering -- "Suffering matters" : the translation and politics of pain -- "Mal partout" : bodily rhetoric in Maghrebi immigrant fiction -- "In the maim of the father" : disability and bodies of labour -- "Ni putes ni soumises?" : engendering doubly oppressed bodies -- "Pathologically sick" : metaphors of disease in beur texts -- "Zombification" : hybrid myth-uses of vodou from the West to Haiti -- "Zombi-fictions" : vodou myth-represented in Haitian immigrant fiction -- "Painless" fictions? : Czech exile and return -- "The suffering of return" : painful detours in Czech novels of return. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781120203321 |
Hron Madelaine
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Translating pain : immigrant suffering in literature and culture / / Madelaine Hron |
Autore | Hron Madelaine |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina | 809.3/9353 |
Soggetto topico |
Fiction - Minority authors - History and criticism
Emigration and immigration in literature Suffering in literature |
ISBN |
1-4426-9324-X
1-4426-8949-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | "Perversely through pain" : immigrants and immigrant suffering -- "Suffering matters" : the translation and politics of pain -- "Mal partout" : bodily rhetoric in Maghrebi immigrant fiction -- "In the maim of the father" : disability and bodies of labour -- "Ni putes ni soumises?" : engendering doubly oppressed bodies -- "Pathologically sick" : metaphors of disease in beur texts -- "Zombification" : hybrid myth-uses of vodou from the West to Haiti -- "Zombi-fictions" : vodou myth-represented in Haitian immigrant fiction -- "Painless" fictions? : Czech exile and return -- "The suffering of return" : painful detours in Czech novels of return. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822045203321 |
Hron Madelaine
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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