Translation and the Americas
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: December 13, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780415774529
Subjects: Translation & interpretation; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Language; The Americas; Language Arts & Disciplines / General; General; Linguistics; Translating & Interpreting; North America; South America; Translating and interpreting
Description: "Building on research from a variety of disciplines including cultural studies, linguistics, feminism and ethnic studies and including case studies from Brazil, Canada and the Caribbean, this book shows that translation is one of the primary means by which a culture is constructed: translation in the Americas is less something that happens between separate and distinct cultures and more something that is capable of establishing those very cultures. Using a variety of texts and addressing minority and oppressed groups within cultures, Translation and Identity in the Americas highlights by example the cultural role translation policies play in a discriminatory process: the consequences of which can be social marginalization, loss of identity and psychological trauma."

"Translation and Identity in the Americas will be critical reading for students and scholars of Translation Studies, Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies."--Jacket.