Translation and Migration

Translation and Migration examines the ways in which the presence or absence of translation in situations of migratory movement has currently and historically shaped social, cultural and economic relations between groups and individuals. Acts of cultural and linguistic translation are discussed through a rich variety of illustrative literary, ethnographic, visual and historical materials, also taking in issues of multiculturalism, assimilation, and hybridity analytically re-framed. This is key reading for students undertaking Translation Studies courses, and will also be of interest to researchers in sociology, cultural studies, anthropology and migration studies.

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Translation and Migration

Translation and Migration examines the ways in which the presence or absence of translation in situations of migratory movement has currently and historically shaped social, cultural and economic relations between groups and individuals. Acts of cultural and linguistic translation are discussed through a rich variety of illustrative literary, ethnographic, visual and historical materials, also taking in issues of multiculturalism, assimilation, and hybridity analytically re-framed. This is key reading for students undertaking Translation Studies courses, and will also be of interest to researchers in sociology, cultural studies, anthropology and migration studies.

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Translation and Migration

Translation and Migration

by Moira Inghilleri
Translation and Migration

Translation and Migration

by Moira Inghilleri

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Overview

Translation and Migration examines the ways in which the presence or absence of translation in situations of migratory movement has currently and historically shaped social, cultural and economic relations between groups and individuals. Acts of cultural and linguistic translation are discussed through a rich variety of illustrative literary, ethnographic, visual and historical materials, also taking in issues of multiculturalism, assimilation, and hybridity analytically re-framed. This is key reading for students undertaking Translation Studies courses, and will also be of interest to researchers in sociology, cultural studies, anthropology and migration studies.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781315399805
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 12/08/2016
Series: New Perspectives in Translation and Interpreting Studies
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 224
File size: 23 MB
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About the Author

Moira Inghilleri is currently Associate Professor in the Comparative Literature Program and Director of Translation Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Table of Contents

  1. Migration, Mobility and Culture
  2. The Multiple Meanings of Hospitality
  3. Translation and Labor Migrants
  4. Translating the Landscape
  5. Signs of Transnationalism from Above and Below
  6. Constructing and Contesting Young Migrant Identities
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