Between Worlds Interpreters, Guides, and Survivors
Between Worlds Interpreters, Guides, and Survivors by Frances E. Karttunen is a reissue published by Rutgers University Press in 1994, featuring 364 pages in English. This book presents the stories of sixteen individuals who served as interpreters and guides to various historical figures, including conquerors, missionaries, and explorers. Through their experiences, Karttunen explores the complexities and tensions that arise when different cultures encounter one another, highlighting the unique position of these interpreters who often found themselves straddling two worlds.
Readers will find a diverse array of narratives that include notable figures such as Do-a Marina, Sacajawea, and Sarah Winnemucca, among others. Each story sheds light on the role of these interpreters in significant historical events and their contributions to communication across cultures. The book delves into themes of biography and history, as well as aspects of linguistics and ethnic studies, offering insights into the social dynamics at play during these encounters.
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Spanning the globe and the centuries, Frances Karttunen tells the stories of sixteen men and women who served as interpreters and guides to conquerors, missionaries, explorers, soldiers, and anthropologists. These interpreters acted as uncomfortable bridges between two worlds; their own marginality, the fact that they belonged to neither world,underscores the complexity and tension between cultures meeting for the first time. The interpreters include:
o Do-a Marina (La Malinche), who interpreted for Cortes in the conquest of Mexico
o Sacajawea, who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their expedition
o Sarah Winnemucca, a U.S. army scout and Washington lobbyist for the Northern Paiutes
o Gaspar Antonio Chi, Maya Interpreter General for Yucatan
o Guaman Poma de Ayala, eyewitness reporter of the destruction of Inca culture
o Charles Eastman, a Sioux physician at Wounded Knee
o Larin Paraske, an informant for Finnish ethnographers
o Do-a Luz Jimenez, Diego Rivera’s model and a native informant to anthropologists
o Mar’a Sabina, the Mazatec mushroom shaman who became a celebrity in the drug culture of the 1960s
o Ishi, the last surviving Yahi Indian.
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