Lost and found in translation : contemporary ethnic American writing and the politics of language diversity /

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Examines the trope of translation in twenty English-language novels and autobiographies by contemporary ethnic American writers. This book argues that these works advocate a politics of language diversity, a literary and social agenda that validates the multiplicity of ethnic cultures and tongues in...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Cutter, Martha J.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2005.
Sujets:
American literature > Minority authors > History and criticism.
Language and languages > Political aspects.
Minorities > United States > Intellectual life.
Cultural pluralism in literature.
Ethnic relations in literature.
Ethnic groups in literature.
Minorities in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs issus des minorités > Histoire et critique.
Langage et langues > Aspect politique.
Minorités > États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle.
Diversité culturelle dans la littérature.
Relations interethniques dans la littérature.
Groupes ethniques dans la littérature.
Minorités dans la littérature.
Ethnicité dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature > Minority authors
Cultural pluralism in literature
Ethnic groups in literature
Ethnic relations in literature
Ethnicity in literature
Language and languages
Language and languages > Political aspects
Minorities in literature
Minorities > Intellectual life
Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
Übersetzung
Ethnische Identität > Motiv
Minderheitenliteratur
Geistesleben
Letterkunde.
Amerikaans.
Etnische minderheden.
Talen.
Politieke aspecten.
Ethnische Identität <Motiv>
United States > Languages.
États-Unis > Langues.
United States
USA
Electronic book.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • An impossible necessity : translation and the re-creation of linguistic and cultural identities in the works of David Wong Louie, Fae Myenne Ng, and Maxine Hong Kingston
  • Finding a "home" in translation : John Okada's No-no boy and Cynthia Kadohata's The floating world
  • Translation as revelation : the task of the translator in the fiction of N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, Susan Power, and Sherman Alexie
  • Learnin--and not learnin--to speak the King's English : intralingual translation in the fiction of Toni Morrison, Danzy Senna, Sherley Anne Williams, and A.J. Verdelle
  • The reader as translator : interlingual voice in the writing of Richard Rodriguez, Nash Candelaria, Cherríe Moraga, and Abelardo Delgado
  • Cultural translation and multilingualism in and out of textual worlds.

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