Anthropology and translation
Article outline
- 1.Ways of translating cultures
- 2.Fieldwork manuscripts
- 3.Perspectives on translation and cultural complexity
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References
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Further essential reading
References (18)
References
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Further essential reading
Duranti, Alessandro. 2001. Linguistic Anthropology. A Reader. Oxford: Blackwell.![Google Scholar](https://benjamins.com/logos/google-scholar.svg)
Maranhão, Tullio, and Bernhard Streck (eds). 2003. Translation and ethnography. The Anthropological Challenge of Intercultural Understanding. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. ![Google Scholar](https://benjamins.com/logos/google-scholar.svg)
Rubel, Paula, and Abraham Rosman (eds). 2003. Translating cultures. Perspectives on translation and anthropology. Oxford: Berg. ![Google Scholar](https://benjamins.com/logos/google-scholar.svg)
Sammons, Kay, and Joel Sherzer (eds). 2000. Translating Native American Verbal Art. Ethnopoetics and Etnhography of Speaking. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.![Google Scholar](https://benjamins.com/logos/google-scholar.svg)
Sturge, Kate. 2007. Representing Others: Translation, Ethnography and the Museum. Manchester: St. Jerome.![Google Scholar](https://benjamins.com/logos/google-scholar.svg)