Translation and gender : translating in the "era of feminism /
Translating in the "era of feminism"
Luise von Flotow.
- 114 pages ; 23 cm.
- Translation theories explained ; 2 .
- Translation theories explained ; 2. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-114).
Preface -- Historical Background -- The Women's Movement and the Idea of Gender -- Women and Language -- Gender and Translation -- Gender and the Practice of Translation -- Experimental Feminist Writing and its Translation -- Translating the Body -- Translating Puns on Cultural References -- Translating Experiments with Language -- Interventionist Feminist Translation -- Translating Machismo -- Assertive Feminist Translation -- Recovering Women's Works 'Lost' in Patriarchy -- Further Corrective Measures -- Revising Theories and Myths -- Proliferating Prefaces: The Translator's Sense of Self -- Asserting the Translator's Identity -- Claiming Responsibility for 'Meaning' -- Revising the Rhetoric of Translation -- Tropes -- Achieving Political Visibility -- Revising a Fundamental Myth -- Pandora's Cornucopia -- Rereading and Rewriting Translations -- Reading Existing Translations -- Simone de Beauvoir -- Rewriting Existing Translations -- The Bible -- Comparing 'Pre-feminist' and 'Post-feminist' Translations -- Sappho and Louise Labe -- Recovering 'Lost' Women Translators -- Subversive Activity in the English Renaissance -- Nineteenth-Century Women Translators -- La Malinche -- Criticisms -- Criticism from Outside Feminisms -- Criticism from Within Feminisms -- Elitist Experimentation -- Opportunist Feminist Bandwagon -- 'Being Democratic with Minorities' -- Revealing Women's Cultural and Political Diversity -- Future Perspectives -- Broad Historical Perspectives -- Contemporary Perspectives -- Public Language Policies -- Interpreting -- Concluding Remarks -- Glossary -- Bibliographical References. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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Translating and interpreting Feminism and literature