Power and Ideology in South African Translation: A Social Systems Perspective

by Maricel Botha

Book Overview

This book provides a social interpretation of written South African translation history from the seventeenth century to the present, considering how trends involving various languages have reflected ideologies and unequal power relations and focusing attention on translation's often hidden social operation. Translation is investigated in relation to colonial mercantilism, scientific knowledge of extraction, Christian missionary conversion, Islamic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030610659
• ISBN13: 9783030610654
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"