The Dragoman Renaissance : Diplomatic Interpreters and the Routes of Orientalism / / E. Natalie Rothman.

"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 di...

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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca [New York] : : Cornell University Press,, 2021.
©2021.
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of 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