| A Translational Turn: Latinx Literature Into the Mainstream Contributor(s): Sanchez, Marta E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0822965518 ISBN-13: 9780822965510 Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - Hispanic American - Language Arts & Disciplines | Translating & Interpreting |
| Dewey: 306.446 |
| LCCN: 2018054770 |
| Series: Latinx and Latin American Profiles |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Ethnic Orientation - Latino |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: No contemporary development underscores the transnational linkage between the United States and Spanish-language Am rica today more than the wave of in-migration from Spanish-language countries during the 1980s and 1990s. This development, among others, has made clear what has always been true, that the United States is part of Spanish-language Am rica. Translation and oral communication from Spanish to English have been constant phenomena since before the annexation of the Mexican Southwest in 1848. The expanding number of counter-national translations from English to Spanish of Latinx fictional narratives by mainstream presses between the 1990s and 2010 is an indication of significant change in the relationship. A Translational Turn explores both the historical reality of Spanish to English translation and the "new" counter-national English to Spanish translation of Latinx narratives. More than theorizing about translation, this book underscores long-standing contact, such as code-mixing and bi-multilingualism, between the two languages in U.S. language and culture. Although some political groups in this country persist in seeing and representing this country as having a single national tongue and community, the linguistic ecology of both major cities and the suburban periphery, here and in the global world, is bilingualism and multilingualism. |