Dragoman Renaissance : Diplomatic Interpreters and the Routes of Orientalism, The
Orientalism International relations Dragomen Turkey Europe Early modern diplomatic interpreters, Mediterranean diplomacy, Diplomatic translation and interpreting, Dragomans and Orientalism, Dragomans in Istanbul History Electronic books.
Cornell University Press
2021
EISBN 1501758489
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
"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 dictionaries, reports, and visual representations they created were central to the production of Europeanist knowledge about the Ottoman world"--
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
"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 dictionaries, reports, and visual representations they created were central to the production of Europeanist knowledge about the Ottoman world"--
