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The Politics of Opacity and Translation in Post-Migrant Germany

Commentary on Elise v. Bernstorff’s “Abdallah Lowers his Gaze”

  • Miriam Nandi
From the journal Paragrana

Abstract

My commentary focusses on the anecdote described by Elise v. Bernstorff in her research on transcultural education in rural Germany. I am interested in the potential intersections between v. Bernstorff’s findings and my own work on postcolonial literary theory and translation studies. On a methodological level, I am taking my cue from the ethical theory of the Caribbean philosopher Édouard Glissant on the one hand and postcolonial translation studies (Spivak, Tymoczko, Venuti) on the other.

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Published Online: 2019-11-27
Published in Print: 2019-10-25

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