{"product_id":"the-dragoman-renaissance-diplomatic-interpreters-and-the-routes-of-orientalism-paperback-softback-9781501758492","title":"The Dragoman Renaissance; Diplomatic Interpreters and the Routes of Orientalism (Paperback \/ softback) 9781501758492","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Dragoman Renaissance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDiplomatic Interpreters and the Routes of Orientalism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eE. Natalie Rothman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501758492\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 August 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e444 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dragoman Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e will make an important contribution to ongoing debates about early modern Orientalism as a complex, contradictory, dialectical process of both cross-fertilization and the ossification of cultural difference. Whereas most studies of Orientalism lean toward investigating Europeans' views of \"the Orient,\" \u003ci\u003eThe Dragoman Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that cultural brokerage and diplomacy in Ottoman lands operated as a discursive landscape to produce knowledge regarding Ottoman and Muslim culture and history.\u003c\/p\u003e (Renaissance and Reformation)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dragoman Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, E. Natalie Rothman traces how Istanbul-based diplomatic translator-interpreters, known as the dragomans, systematically engaged Ottoman elites in the study of the Ottoman Empire—eventually coalescing in the discipline of Orientalism—throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRothman challenges Eurocentric assumptions still pervasive in Renaissance studies by showing the centrality of Ottoman imperial culture to the articulation of European knowledge about the Ottomans. To do so, she draws on a dazzling array of new material from a variety of archives. By studying the sustained interactions between dragomans and Ottoman courtiers in this period, Rothman disrupts common ideas about a singular moment of \"cultural encounter,\" as well as about a \"docile\" and \"static\" Orient, simply acted upon by extraneous imperial powers. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dragoman Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e creatively uncovers how dragomans mediated Ottoman ethno-linguistic, political, and religious categories to European diplomats and scholars. Further, it shows how dragomans did not simply circulate fixed knowledge. Rather, their engagement of Ottoman imperial modes of inquiry and social reproduction shaped the discipline of Orientalism for centuries to come. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThanks to generous funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, through The Sustainable History Monograph Pilot, the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu\/cornell-open) and other repositories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Localizing Foreignness: Forging Istanbul's Dragomanate\u003cbr\u003e 2. Kinshipping: Casting Nets and Spawning Dynasties\u003cbr\u003e 3. Inscribing the Self: Dragomans' Relazioni\u003cbr\u003e 4. Visualizing a Space of Encounter\u003cbr\u003e 5. Disciplining Language: Dragomans and Oriental Philology\u003cbr\u003e 6. Translating the Ottomans\u003cbr\u003e 7. Circulating \"Turkish Literature\"\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Dragomans and the Routes of Orientalism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523092312344,"sku":"9781501758492","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-dragoman-renaissance-diplomatic-interpreters-and-the-routes-of-orientalism-paperback-softback-9781501758492","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}