The Void Against Transparency: Translating the Abyss into Umbundu

Iracema Dulley

Jump to Content

Chapter 7 The Void Against Transparency: Translating the Abyss into Umbundu

于The Abyss as a Concept for Cultural Theory

著者：

Iracema Dulley

Iracema Dulley
Search for other papers by Iracema Dulley in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed

类型:: 章节

Page Range:: 132–151

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004691674_008

Purchase instant access (PDF download and unlimited online access):

€42.00€35.00 excl. VAT

Add to Cart

找回访问令牌

Abstract

This essay explores the history of translations of the abyss into Umbundu, the vernacular spoken in Central Angola. Proposing kalunga as a more metaphorical translation and ekungu as a more literal one, it interrogates the border between the literal and the metaphorical as well as the distinction between objects and signifiers as it explores opacity as constitutive of translation. Based on a critical reading of colonial sources and contemporary dialogues with Umbundu speakers, it explores how, in Umbundu, the abyssal is associated with colonisation, death, ancestry, infinity, the unknown, circularity, seduction, deep crevices, and the sea.

引用信息

Save
Cite
Email this content

Share Link

Copy this link, or click below to email it to a friend
Email this content
or copy the link directly:

https://brill.edhh.ma/abstract/book/9789004691674/BP000007.xml
The link was not copied. Your current browser may not support copying via this button.

Link copied successfully

折叠
展开
回到页面顶端

The Abyss as a Concept for Cultural Theory

A Comparative Exploration

丛编： Textxet: Studies in Comparative Literature, 卷： 106

Cover The Abyss as a Concept for Cultural Theory

ISBN:: 9789004691674

出版社:: Brill

印刷出版日期:: 19 Dec 2023

Subjects
- Languages and Linguistics
  - General
- Literature and Cultural Studies

Front Matter

Part 1 Ancient Cultures

Part 2 Pacific, African and Asian Cultures

Part 3 European Cultures

统计数据

	全部期间	过去一年	过去30天
摘要浏览次数	457	224	79
全文浏览次数	5	3	0
PDF下载次数	7	1	0

African Studies	Education	Media Studies
American Studies	History	Middle East and Islamic Studies
Ancient Near East and Egypt	Human Rights and Humanitarian Law	Musicology
Art History	International Law	Philosophy
Asian Studies	International Relations	Religious Studies
Biblical Studies	Jewish Studies	Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Biology	Languages and Linguistics	Social Sciences
Book History and Cartography	Life Sciences	Theology and World Christianity
Classical Studies	Literature and Cultural Studies

Subjects

AppBar-Authors 2025

AppBar-Open Access 2025

AppBar-Product Information 2025

AppBar-Company 2025

AppBar-Contact 2025

Chapter 7 The Void Against Transparency: Translating the Abyss into Umbundu

Abstract

引用信息

Share Link

The Abyss as a Concept for Cultural Theory

A Comparative Exploration

目录

统计数据

统计数据