Translating Cuba - Literature, Music, Film, Politics

The study analyzes ideological and aesthetic choices made in the translation of literature, political writing, music lyrics, and film to demonstrate the kaleidoscopic way in which Cuba has been viewed by audiences in the Anglophone world since 1959.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. The Politics and Poetics of the Anthology: Cuban Poetry in English 3. Marx Goes to Mars?: Cuban Science Fiction in Translation 4. Warrior, Thinker, Human Presence: Translating Che Guevara 5. Listening and Reading: Cuban Music on Folkways and Paredon Records 6. Watching and Reading: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s Films Subtitled 7. Conclusion

About the author

Robert S. Lesman is associate professor of Spanish in the Department of Global Languages and Cultures at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.

Summary

The study analyzes ideological and aesthetic choices made in the translation of literature, political writing, music lyrics, and film to demonstrate the kaleidoscopic way in which Cuba has been viewed by audiences in the Anglophone world since 1959.

Product details

• Authors: Robert S Lesman, Robert S. Lesman, Robert S. (Shippensburg University Lesman
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9780367456436
• ISBN: 978-0-367-45643-6
• No. of pages: 194
• Series: Routledge Studies in the History of the Americas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / General, Cuba, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Study & Teaching, HISTORY / Latin America / General, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Colonialism & imperialism, Historiography, Translation & interpretation, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: general, Colonialism and imperialism, General and world history, The Cold War, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, Translation and interpretation