{"product_id":"9783319409368","title":"Descriptions, Translations and the Caribbean: From Fruits to Rastafarians","description":"\u003ch1\u003eDescriptions, Translations and the Caribbean: From Fruits to Rastafarians\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eMasiola, Rosanna; Tomei, Renato\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book offers a new perspective on the role played by colonial descriptions and translation of Caribbean plants in representations of Caribbean culture. Through thorough examination of Caribbean phytonyms in lexicography, colonization, history, songs and translation studies, the authors argue that the Westernisation of vernacular phytonyms, while systematizing the nomenclature, blurred and erased the cultural tradition of Caribbean plants and medicinal herbs. Means of transmission and preservation of this oral culture was in the plantation songs and herb vendor songs. Musical creativity is a powerful form of resistance, as in the case of Reggae music and the rise of Rastafarians, and Bob Marley’s ‘untranslatable’ lyrics. This book will be of interest to scholars of Caribbean studies and to linguists interested in pushing the current Eurocentric boundaries of translation studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2016-10-21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783319409368\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-40937-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 143\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47521111376012,"sku":"9783319409368","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319409368.jpg?v=1776005553","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783319409368","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}