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The dragoman renaissance : diplomatic interpreters and the routes of orientalism / E. Natalie Rothman.

By: Rothman, E. Natalie (Ella Natalie), 1976- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021Description: pages cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781501758492; 1501758497Subject(s): 1288-1918 | Dragomen -- Turkey -- History -- 16th century | Dragomen -- Turkey -- History -- 17th century | Orientalism -- Europe -- History -- 16th century | Orientalism -- Europe -- History -- 17th century | Dragomen | International relations | Orientalism | Turkey -- Relations -- Europe -- History | Europe -- Relations -- Turkey -- History | Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 | Europe | TurkeyGenre/Form: HistoryAdditional physical formats: Online version:: The dragoman renaissance.DDC classification: 327.560409/032 LOC classification: DR479.E85 | R67 2021Online resources: Download e-book as pdf
Contents:
Localizing foreignness: forging Istanbul's dragomanate -- Kinshipping: casting nets and spawning dynasties -- Inscribing the self: dragomans' relazioni -- Visualizing a space of encounter -- Disciplining language: dragomans and Oriental philology -- Translating the Ottomans -- Circulating "Turkish literature" -- Dragomans and the routes of orientalism
Summary: "This book studies the role of dragomans (diplomatic interpreter-translators) in mediating ethno-linguistic, political, and religious relations between the Ottoman Empire and its European neighbors from ca. 1550 to ca. 1730. It considers both their Istanbul-centered social lives, and how the dictionaries, reports, and visual representations they created were central to the production of Europeanist knowledge about the Ottoman world"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 62 - Reading Room
H2n ROTHM 32891 Not for loan BOOKS-000000027006

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Localizing foreignness: forging Istanbul's dragomanate -- Kinshipping: casting nets and spawning dynasties -- Inscribing the self: dragomans' relazioni -- Visualizing a space of encounter -- Disciplining language: dragomans and Oriental philology -- Translating the Ottomans -- Circulating "Turkish literature" -- Dragomans and the routes of orientalism

"This book studies the role of dragomans (diplomatic interpreter-translators) in mediating ethno-linguistic, political, and religious relations between the Ottoman Empire and its European neighbors from ca. 1550 to ca. 1730. It considers both their Istanbul-centered social lives, and how the dictionaries, reports, and visual representations they created were central to the production of Europeanist knowledge about the Ottoman world"-- Provided by publisher.