Performance and Translation in a Global Age (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781009296816)

This global overview of how translation is understood as a performative practice across genres, media and disciplines illuminates the broad impact of the 'performance turn' in the arts and humanities. Combining key concepts in comparative literature, performance studies and translation theory, the volume provides readers with a dynamic account of the ways in which these fields fruitfully interact. The chapters display interdisciplinary thinking in action across a wide spectrum of performance practices and media from around the world, from poetry and manuscripts to theatre surtitles, audio description, archives, installations, dialects, movement and dance. Paying close attention to questions of race, gender, sexuality, embodiment and accessibility, the collection's rich array of methodological approaches and experiments with scholarly writing demonstrate how translation as a performative practice can enrich our understanding of language and politics.

Author: Avishek Ganguly
ISBN-10: 1009296817
ISBN-13: 9781009296816
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/29/2023
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d