Muslim interpreters in colonial Senegal, 1850-1920 : mediations of knowledge and power in the lower and middle Senegal River Valley /

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Author / Creator:	M'bayo, Tamba, 1956- author.
Imprint:	Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2016.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Translators -- Senegal -- History -- 19th century. Translators -- Senegal -- History -- 20th century. Translating and interpreting -- Social aspects -- Senegal. Muslims -- Senegal. Diplomatic relations. Muslims. Translating and interpreting -- Social aspects. Translators. Senegal -- Foreign relations -- France. France -- Foreign relations -- Senegal. Senegal -- History -- 19th century. Senegal -- History -- 20th century. France. Senegal. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13454106

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ISBN:	9781498509992 1498509991 9781498509985 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Summary:	This book explores the intermediary functions of Muslim interpreters in Senegal to affirm their status as active historical agents in the historiography on French colonial rule in West Africa. Its main themes include the intersection of knowledge and power in a colonial context, Muslim identity formation and French assimilation, accommodation and hegemony, and interpretation and translation as cross-cultural processes.
Other form:	Print version: M'bayo, Tamba, 1956- author. Muslim interpreters in colonial Senegal, 1850-1920 Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2016 9781498509985

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