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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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Published in:Modern Philology Vol. 114; no. 3; pp. 552 - 573
Main Author: Weissbourd, Emily
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: University of Chicago Press Feb2017
Subjects:
Guzmán de Alfarache (Book)
Alemán, Mateo, 1547-ca. 1614
Race discrimination
Spanish language > Translating
Literary criticism
Spanish literature
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary: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.