E-grāmata: Times of Mobility: Transnational Literature and Gender in Translation

"In an era of increased mobility and globalization, a fast growing body of writing originates from authors who live in-between languages and cultures. In response to this challenge, transnational perspective offers a new approach to the growing body of cultural texts with an emphasis on experiences of migration, transculturation, bilingualism, and (cultural) translation. The introductory analysis and the fifteen essays in this collection critically interrogate complex relations between transnational and translation studies, bringing to this dialogue a much needed gender perspective. Divided into three parts (From Transnational to Translational; Reading Across Borders and Transnational in Translation), they address a range of issues relevant for this debate, from theoretical problems to practical questions of literary criticism and translation, understood as an act of cultural interpretation. The volume mostly deals with contemporary literary and cultural production, but also with classical texts and modernist literature. Its particular quality is a strong (although not exclusive) focus on Central and East European literatures, and more generally on women writers. Its interdisciplinary, transnational, and intercultural perspective makes it relevant acrossdisciplinary boundaries, from literary and translation studies to gender studies, cultural studies, and migration studies"--

This work intertwines ideas from transnational studies, gender studies, postcolonial studies, and comparative studies. International contributors in English literature, American studies, and translation studies explore theory and practice bilingualism, translation, literary criticism, and cultural interpretation. They discuss contemporary literature and culture, as well as classical texts and modernist literature. There is special focus on Central and East European literatures and women writers. Some specific topics include translation in women writers of exile, transnational Hellenism in Balanchine’s Apollo, and translating folktales. Writers discussed include Doris Lessing, Kapka Kassabova, Melech Ravitch, and Nancy Huston. Annotation ©2020 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

In an era of increased mobility and globalisation, a fast growing body of writing originates from authors who live in-between languages and cultures. In response to this challenge, transnational perspective offers a new approach to the growing body of cultural texts with an emphasis on experiences of migration, transculturation, bilingualism and (cultural) translation. The introductory analysis and the fifteen essays in this collection critically interrogate complex relations between transnational and translation studies, bringing to this dialogue a much needed gender perspective. Divided into three parts (From Transnational to Translational; Reading Across Borders and Transnational in Translation), they address a range of issues relevant for this debate, from theoretical problems to practical questions of literary criticism and translation, understood as an act of cultural interpretation. 

The volume mostly deals with contemporary literary and cultural production, but also with classical texts and modernist literature. Its particular quality is a strong (although not exclusive) focus on Central and East European literatures, and more generally on women writers. Its interdisciplinary, transnational and intercultural perspective makes it relevant across disciplinary boundaries, from literary and translation studies to gender studies, cultural studies and migration studies.