LEADER 00000cam 2200961Ia 4500 001 ocn315138878 003 OCoLC 008 090313s2008 nyu ob 001 0 eng d 020 9781349539628 082 04 864/.64|222 092 0 860|bengelska 100 1 Stavans, Ilan,|eauthor 245 10 Knowledge and censorship /|cIlan Stavans ; with Verónica Albin 250 1st ed 264 New York :|bPalgrave Macmillan,|c2008 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 500 Includes index 504 Includes bibliographical references and index 505 8 The process glitch -- Wor(l)ds -- Stealing books -- Keeping my mouth shut -- Knowledge -- Dictionaries -- Libraries -- Censorship 520 This volume collects four sharp philosophical essays by Ilan Stavans on the acquisition of knowledge in multi- ethnic environments, the role that dictionaries play in the preservation of memory, the function of libraries in the electronic age, and the uses of censorship. In the second part of the volume, Ve̤rnica Albin engages Stavans in a series of four conversations in which he expounds on the arguments he developed in the essays 600 10 Stavans, Ilan|vInterviews 600 17 Stavans, Ilan.|2fast 650 7 LITERARY COLLECTIONS|xEssays.|2bisacsh 650 7 Literary theory.|2bicssc 650 7 Semantics.|2bicssc 650 7 Literature.|2eflch 650 7 Litteratur|2sao 653 Dawit Isaak-biblioteket 655 7 Interviews.|2fast 700 1 Albin, Verónica,|d1955-|eauthor
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