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9780822313410

Contracting Colonialism

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  • ISBN13:

    9780822313410

  • ISBN10:

    0822313413

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1993-01-01
  • Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

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In an innovative mix of history, anthropology, and post-colonial theory, Vicente L. Rafael examines the role of language in the religious conversion of the Tagalogs to Catholicism and their subsequent colonization during the early period (15801705) of Spanish rule in the Philippines. By tracing this history of communication between Spaniards and Tagalogs, Rafael maps the conditions that made possible both the emergence of a colonial regime and resistance to it. Originally published in 1988, this new paperback edition contains an updated preface that places the book in theoretical relation to other recent works in cultural studies and comparative colonialism.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition
Preface (1988)
Introduction: Fishing Out the Pastp. 1
The Politics of Translationp. 23
Language and Empirep. 23
Dominating the Vernacularp. 26
The "Failure" of Native Writingp. 39
Tomas Pinpin and the Shock of Castilianp. 55
Syncopating Languagep. 55
Counting and the Evasion of Grammarp. 66
Gambling on Castilianp. 71
Conversion and the Demands of Confessionp. 84
The "Inadequacies" of Tagalog Conversionp. 84
Reducing Native Bodiesp. 87
Confession and the Logic of Conversionp. 91
Untranslatability and the Terms of Reciprocityp. 110
Rereading Christianityp. 110
The Imperative of Indebtedness: Utang na Loob and Hiyap. 121
Translating Submissionp. 136
Person and Status in Precolonial Societyp. 137
The Reach of Imperial Patronagep. 146
Conversion and the Ideology of Submissionp. 154
Paradise and the Reinvention of Deathp. 167
Generalizing Servitudep. 167
Visualizing the "Outside"p. 169
Spirits and the Appeal of Christianityp. 185
Desiring a Beautiful Deathp. 196
Afterword: Translation and the Colonial Legacyp. 210
Bibliographyp. 220
Indexp. 227
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