Translation and Identity

Zusatztext 'Everything he writes is interesting...This is a book which will be important for translation studies! as well as for contemporary cultural debates.' - Sherry Simon! Concordia University! Canada Informationen zum Autor Michael Cronin Klappentext Drawing on a range of materials from government reports to Hollywood films, this is the first book to deal with how translation is central to topical debates such as immigration, warfare and multiculturalism. Zusammenfassung Drawing on a range of materials from government reports to Hollywood films, this is the first book to deal with how translation is central to topical debates such as immigration, warfare and multiculturalism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Translation and the New Cosmopolitanism. Cosmopolitanism. Micro-Cosmopolitanism. City and Country. Global Hybrids. A Transnational History of Translation. Mutable Mobiles. Bottom-Up Localization. Loose Canons European Unions. 2. Translation and Immigration. Migration. Locale. Translational Assimilation. Translational Accommodation. Articulation. Extrinsic and Intrinsic Translation. Citizenship. 3. Interpreting Identity. Embodied Agency. The Interpreter’s Testimony. Diplomats, Spies and Officials Metonymic Presence Judging Interpreters. Eloquence. Double Dealing. Forging the Nation. Metaphor and Relational Semantics. Metamorphosis. Actionable Intelligence. The Interpreter’s Visibility. 4. The Future of Diversity. Bridge and Door. The Decline of Diversity Cultural Negentropy. Holograms. Emergence. Small Worlds and Weak Ties. Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Michael Cronin, Michael (Dublin City University Cronin
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.04.2006
• EAN: 9780415364645
• ISBN: 978-0-415-36464-5
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History, Cultural Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, Humanities, Translation & interpretation, Translation and interpretation