Translating Spain: Purity of Blood and Orientalism in Mabbe's Rogue and Guzmán de Alfarache.

A literary criticism of the book "Guzmán de Alfarache" by Mateo Alemán is presented. It outlines the discrimination against Jewish or Muslim ancestors that presumed purity function as a social performance as well as an inconvertible essence. It stresses the engagement of the English translation of t...

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Publicado en:Modern Philology Vol. 114; no. 3; pp. 552 - 573
Autor principal: Weissbourd, Emily
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: University of Chicago Press Feb2017
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Sumario:A literary criticism of the book "Guzmán de Alfarache" by Mateo Alemán is presented. It outlines the discrimination against Jewish or Muslim ancestors that presumed purity function as a social performance as well as an inconvertible essence. It stresses the engagement of the English translation of the Spanish text with Jewish or Moorish descent. It cites the translation of the Spanish word.