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The dragoman renaissance : diplomatic interpreters and the routes of orientalism /

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This book studies the role of dragomans (diplomatic interpreter-translators) in mediating ethnolinguistic, 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 dictionari...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rothman, E. Natalie (Ella Natalie), 1976- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Dragomen > Turkey > History > 16th century.
Dragomen > Turkey > History > 17th century.
Orientalism > Europe > History > 16th century.
Orientalism > Europe > History > 17th century.
Turkey > Relations > Europe > History.
Europe > Relations > Turkey > History.
Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
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