An Absence of Ghosts
Mark Dornford-May's widely-acclaimed adaptation of the medieval English Chester «mystery» plays, The Mysteries-Yiimimangaliso, reveal the extent to which theatrical translation, if it is to be intelligible to audiences, risks trading in cultural stereotypes belonging to both source and target c...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:93611 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/93611 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Cultural translation Theatre translation Cultural appropriation Globalisation Medievalism Traducció cultural Traducció teatral Apropiació cultural Globalització Medievalisme |
| Sumario: | Mark Dornford-May's widely-acclaimed adaptation of the medieval English Chester «mystery» plays, The Mysteries-Yiimimangaliso, reveal the extent to which theatrical translation, if it is to be intelligible to audiences, risks trading in cultural stereotypes belonging to both source and target cultures. As a South African production of a medieval English theatrical tradition which subsequently plays to an English audience, The Mysteries-Yiimimangaliso enacts a number of disorientating forms of cultural translation. Rather than facilitating the transmission of challenging literary and dramatic traditions, The Mysteries-Yiimimangaliso reveals the extent to which translation, as a politically correct - and thus politically anaemic- act, can become an end in itself in a globalised Anglophone theatrical culture. |
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