Translation and Fantasy Literature in Taiwan
Subtitle: Translators as Cultural Brokers and Social Networkers
By: Yu-Ling Chung
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9781137332776
Subjects: Translating and interpreting; Fantasy literature; Appreciation; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting
Description: "This book examines the rise in popularity of fantasy literature in Taiwan and the crucial, but often invisible, role that translators have played in making this genre widely available. Yu-Ling Chung applies Bourdieu's habitus-capital-field framework to investigate the cultural phenomenon of the upsurge of fantasy translations from 1998 onwards and covers topics such as global fantasy fever, Chinese fantasy, game industry, the social status of translators, and the sociological direction of translations studies. The book particularly focuses on fantasy translators as human agents in terms of their cultural and social influence. "--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-168) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction; title: 1. The Sociological Turn of Translation Studies; title: 2. The Evolution of Fantasy Literature in Taiwan; title: 3. A Translation Field in the Taiwanese Book Market; title: 4. Fantasy Translators as Social Agents in Taiwan; title: 5. More than a Case Study.