Race, resistance and translation: the case of John Buchan�s UPrester John

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dc.contributor.authorWittenberg, Hermann
dc.date.accessioned03/10/2013 09:10
dc.date.available03/10/2013 09:10
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractIn postcolonial translation studies, increasing attention is being given to the asymmetrical relationships between dominant and indigenous languages. This paper argues that John Francis Cele�s UPrester John (1958), is not simply a subordinated and obeisant translation of John Buchan�s adventure thriller Prester John (1910), but a more complex form of textuality that is both oppositional and complicit with the workings of apartheid. Although Cele�s translation reproduces Buchan�s story of a daring young Scotsman who single-handedly quells a black nationalist uprising, it also ameliorates the novel�s racist language and assumption. Cele�s translation practice is examined in the context of apartheid publishing and Bantu education.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.citationWittenberg, Hermann. (2011). Race, resistance and translation: the case of John Buchan�s UPrester John. English Studies in Africa, 54(1): 1-10en_US
dc.identifier.issn0013-8398
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/727
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00138398.2011.588374
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis (Routledge)en_US
dc.rightsThis is the authors' final draft following peer review. It may be displayed and circulated, subject to full acknowledgement of author and source. The published item is copyright Taylor & Francis.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00138398.2011.588374
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectBuchan, Johnen_US
dc.subjectJohn, Presteren_US
dc.subjectCele, John Francisen_US
dc.subjectTranslationen_US
dc.subjectBantu educationen_US
dc.subjectZulu literatureen_US
dc.subjectResistanceen_US
dc.subjectRaceen_US
dc.titleRace, resistance and translation: the case of John Buchan�s UPrester Johnen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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