Translation in African Contexts: Postcolonial Texts, Queer Sexuality, and Cosmopolitan Fluency
Language: English
Published by Kent State University Press, 2017
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Kent. 2017. July 2017. Kent State University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Hardcover. No Dustjacket as Issued. 9781606353219. 6. x 9¼. notes, biblio., index. Translation Studies - Brian J. Baer, Editor - Translation Studies focuses on current developments in translation studies and related disciplines, including terminology studies, lexicography, interpreting, translation- oriented text-linguistic studies, empirical research, and computer-assisted translation. The monographs and collective works that comprise this series cover topics that form the scholarly background of translation studies and place particular emphasis on the relationship between translation theory and translation practice. 320 pages. hardcover. keywords: Translation/African Literature. DESCRIPTION - Author Evan Maina Mwangi explores the intersection of translation, sexuality, and cosmopolitan ethics in African literature. Usually seen as the preserve of literature published by Euro-American metropolitan outlets for Western consumption, cultural translation is also a recurrent theme in postcolonial African texts produced primarily for local circulation and sometimes in African languages. Mwangi illustrates how such texts allude to various forms of translation to depict the ethical relations to foreigners and the powerless, including sexual minorities. He also explains the popularity of fluent models of translation in African literature, regardless of the energetic critique of such models by Western-based postcolonial theorists. While bringing to the foreground texts that have received little critical attention in African literary studies, Translation in African Contexts engages a wide range of foundational and postcolonial translation theorists. It considers a rich variety of works, including East African translations of Shakespeare, writings by Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Gakaara wa Wanjau, a popular novel by Charles Mangua, and a stage adaptation by the Tanzanian playwright Amandina Lihamba, among others. inventory #42110 Very Good in Hardcover. No Dustjacket as Issued.…
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- Title
- Translation in African Contexts: Postcolonial Texts, Queer Sexuality, and Cosmopolitan Fluency
- Author
- Mwangi, Evan Maina
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Publication year
- 2017
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1606353217
- ISBN 13
- 9781606353219
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Series
- Book 6 of 7: Translation Studies
Author Evan Maina Mwangi explores the intersection of translation, sexuality, and cosmopolitan ethics in African literature. Usually seen as the preserve of literature published by Euro-American metropolitan outlets for Western consumption, cultural translation is also a recurrent theme in postcolonial African texts produced primarily for local circulation and sometimes in African languages. Mwangi illustrates how such texts allude to various forms of translation to depict the ethical relations to foreigners and the powerless, including sexual minorities. He also explains the popularity of fluent models of translation in African literature, regardless of the energetic critique of such models by Western-based postcolonial theorists.
While bringing to the foreground texts that have received little critical attention in African literary studies, Translation in African Contexts engages a wide range of foundational and postcolonial translation theorists. It considers a rich variety of works, including East African translations of Shakespeare, writings by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Gakaara wa Wanjaũ, a popular novel by Charles Mangua, and a stage adaptation by the Tanzanian playwright Amandina Lihamba, among others.
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About the Author
Evan Maina Mwangi is associate professor of English and comparative literature at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Fluent in English, Kiswahili, Gikũyũ, and Sheng, among other languages. He is the author of Africa Writes Back to Self: Metafiction, Gender, Sexuality.
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