Translating Feminism: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Text, Place and Agency (Palgrave Studies in Language, Gender and Sexuality)

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This edited book addresses the diversity across time and space of the sites, actors and practices of feminist translation from 1945-2000. The contributors examine what happens when a politically motivated text is translated linguistically and culturally, the translators and their aims, and the strategies employed when adapting texts to locally resonating discourses. The collection aims to answer these questions through case studies and a conceptual rethinking of the process of politically engaged translation, considering not only trained translators and publishers, but also feminist activists and groups, NGOs and writers. The book will be of interest to students and researchers in the fields of translation studies, gender/women's studies, literature and feminist history. Acknowledgements Praise for Translating Feminism Contents Notes on Contributors List of Figures Reconsidering Feminism Since 1945 Through Encounter, Translation, and Resignification: Towards a Historical Narrative Notes Towards a History of Feminism and Translation Since 1945 The Years of Postwar Reconstruction and Early Decolonisation (1945–1965) Local and Global: From Women’s Liberation to Feminist Institutionalisation (1965–1989) New Questions and New Momentum: 1990 to the Present Conceptual Framework and Scholarly Contributions References The Many Faces of Beauvoir: Paratranslated Materiality in Le Deuxième Sexe Introduction The Genettian Paratext The Many Faces of Beauvoir: Iconic Paratexts as Intersemiotic Translation Beauvoir as Absolute Other: The Paratext as a Gendered Space Beauvoir for the ‘Millennials’: Paratext as an Example of Transgenerational Translation Guess What Else Is Missing from The Second Sex?8 Or the Mutability of the Paratext Betraying Beauvoir: Unruly Paratexts Conclusion References Promoting Beauvoir: The Role of the Translator in Crafting a Literary Legacy Background A Portrait of the Translator as a Young Woman Marketing Beauvoir in Japan Crafting a Legacy: Beauvoir as Seen Through Japanese Book Reviews Conclusion References Communicating Through Books, Spaces and Personal Exchange: Women’s Bookshops as Cultural Translators (1970s–1990s) Mapping Women’s Bookshops in Switzerland Women’s Bookshops and Feminist Reading Culture After 1968 Agents of Cultural Translation Conclusion References Transnational Transfers and Mainstream Mappings: Women’s Liberation Calendars of the 1970s and 1980s A Forgotten Piece of Feminist History? Resonance Across Borders Commercialising Women’s Liberation Calendars Conclusion References Paratranslating Iraqi Women’s Stories Twice: With Reference to Alia Mamdouh’s Novel FileRef="497661_1_En_6_Figa_HTML.gif" Format="GIF" Color="BlackWhite" Type="Linedraw" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="120" Width="60" Height="11"(1986/2000), Mothballs (1995) and Naphtalene: A Novel of Baghdad (2005) Alia Mamdouh: Re/Writing Memories of ‘Old’ Iraq Reading FileRef="497661_1_En_6_Figab_HTML.gif" Format="GIF" Color="BlackWhite" Type="Linedraw" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="120" Width="60" Height="11"[Mothballs] Alongside Analytical Frames of Feminist Translation FileRef="497661_1_En_6_Figaf_HTML.gif" Format="GIF" Color="BlackWhite" Type="Linedraw" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="120" Width="60" Height="11"[Mothballs] Paratranslated Twice: Mothballs (1995) and Naphtalene (2005) References Translation or Transliteration?: ‘Gender’ Troubles in Russia Introduction Linguistic and Cultural Contexts Church and State Approaches to ‘Gender’ Mainstream Approaches to ‘Gender’ Contemporary Russian Feminist Approaches to ‘Gender’ Conclusion References ‘Love is Love’ and ‘Love is Equal’, Fansubbing and Queer Feminism in China Challenges to Queer Feminism in China Queer Media Activism and Lesbian Fansubbing Translating for Exchange and Solidarity: A Case Study of Jihua Subtitling Group Translating Political Animals into Chinese References How Rebel Can Translation Be? A (Con)textual Study of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls and Two Translations into Spanish Introduction How Rebel is the Source Text? A Feminist Analysis of the US-American Book and the Rebel Girls Project How Rebel Can Translation Be? Production and Reception of the Argentinian and Spanish Versions Paratextual Framing: Qualitative Comparative Analysis From the Discursive Construction of Women’s Images to the Negotiation of Linguistic and Cultural Identities in the Translations Concluding Remarks References Index