Lost in Translation? Russian Media Portrayals and Laypersons’ Interpretations of Angelina Jolie’s Breast Cancer Discourse
Journal: QSpace (Queen's University Library)
Year: 2016

In May 2013, Angelina Jolie revealed that because she had a family history of breast and ovarian cancer and carried a rare BRCA gene mutation, she had undergone a preventive double mastectomy.Media coverage has been extensive around the world, including in Russia, not an English-language country, where all global news is inevitably filtered by translation.After examining the reactions of Russian mass media and members of the public to Jolie's disclosure, I consider what transformations have occu