- 228 pages
- English
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About this book
This groundbreaking book explores the relevance of queer theory to Translation Studies and of translation to Global Sexuality Studies. Beginning with a comprehensive overview of the origins and evolution of queer theory, this book places queer theory and Translation Studies in a productive and mutually interrogating relationship.
After framing the discussion of actual and potential interfaces between queer sexuality and queer textuality, the chapters trace the transnational circulation of queer texts, focusing on the place of translation in "gay" anthologies, the packaging of queer life writing for global audiences, and the translation of lyric poetry as a distinct site of queer performativity. Baer analyzes fictional translators in literature and film, the treatment of translation in historical and ethnographic studies of sexual and linguistic others, the work of queer translators, and the reception of queer texts in translation.
Including a range of case studies to exemplify key ethical issues relevant to all scholars of global sexuality and postcolonial studies, this book is essential reading for advanced students, scholars, and researchers in Translation Studies, gender and sexuality studies, and related areas.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Information
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Introduction: Textual and sexual orientations
- 1 Queering translation, or what queer theory can do for Translation Studies
- 2 Queering Global Sexuality Studies, or translation and unease
- 3 Queering the gay anthology, part I: Evolution in/of a genre
- 4 Queering the gay anthology, part II: From appropriation to consecration to incorporation
- 5 Keep the lyric queer, or poetic translation as reparative reading
- 6 From sexual dissidence to sexual dissonance: Translating the queer life of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf
- Conclusion: Uneasy reading, or putting the trans* in Translation Studies
- Bibliography
- Index