Translating Spanglish in Us Latinx Audiovisual Stories

This collection showcases interdisciplinary perspectives on how Spanglish is translated across different forms of audiovisual media for different audiences in the US Latinx content.

List of contents

List of Contributors
1. Introduction - Remy Attig & Roshawnda A. Derrick
2. The Queer Politics of Spanglish - Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes
PART 1 - Spanglish in US Latinx Audiovisual Stories
3. Spanglish in Audiovisual Texts - Roshawnda A. Derrick
4. Code-Switching in ¿Qué Pasa, USA?: A Prototype for Bridging Languages and Cultures on Screen - Cecilia Montes-Alcalá
5. Making Latinidad Audible: The Changing Linguistic Representation of Bilingualism on Latinx-Themed Television Shows - Victoria Melgarejo & Mary Bucholtz
6. A grammatical analysis of the code-switching in Gentefied - Rodrigo Delgado
7. The Sonic Borderlands: Crime, Music, and Latinx Podcasting - Manuel G. Avilés-Santiago & Danny Méndez
8. Radio hosts embracing community language practices: Spanish-English code-mixing and "Spicy Talk" in Los Angeles - Brandon J. Martínez, George Romero, Amelia Grace Hill, Hannia O. Rojas Barreda & Ana M. Carvalho
PART 2 - Closed captions, poetics and translations in US Latinx Audiovisual Stories
9. The Challenge of Translating Spanglish - Remy Attig
10. Spanglish use in Netflix's show La Firma - Leslie Del Carpio
11. Radical bottomhood: a critical translational analysis of the songs "Boy is a Bottom" and "Es una pasiva" - Iván Villanueva-Jordán & Antonio J. Martínez Pleguezuelos
12. What is the role of Spanglish in the depiction of Latinidad in an original and in the Spanish dubbed version of a TV Series? The case of Modern Family (ABC: 2009-2020) - María José Higueras Ruiz
13. Bilingual Choices in Felipe Esparza's Bad Decisions/Malas Decisiones - Margaret Buchanan
Index

About the author

Remy Attig is Assistant Professor in the World Languages and Culture Department at Bowling Green State University, USA.
Roshawnda A. Derrick is Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies at Seaver College at Pepperdine University, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Remy A. Derrick Attig, Remy Derrick Attig
• Assisted by: Roshawnda A. Derrick (Editor), Remy Attig (Editor), Roshawnda A. Derrick (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032784717
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3278471-7
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Ethnic Studies, History, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, Sociolinguistics, Humanities, Translation & interpretation, Regional Studies, Language: history & general works, Regional / International studies, TV & society, Media studies: TV and society, Language: history and general works, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Translation and interpretation