Performing Difference

Postcolonial and translation scholarship draws attention to the role of translation in extending asymmetries of power and knowledge between aspects of culture and identity represented and involved in translation, focusing debate on the agency of the translator as the representing subject and calling...

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Autor: Maitland, Sarah|||0000-0002-2024-8359
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:93610
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/93610
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Theatre translation
Performance
Hermeneutics
Cultural difference
Foreignisation
Domestication
Traducció teatral
Representació teatral
Hermenèutica
Diferències culturals
Estrangerització
Domesticació
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Sumario:Postcolonial and translation scholarship draws attention to the role of translation in extending asymmetries of power and knowledge between aspects of culture and identity represented and involved in translation, focusing debate on the agency of the translator as the representing subject and calling for recognition of the cultural distinctiveness of the objects of translation. Yet in the context of translation for the theatre, where its object is the fleeting moment of performance that passes between a play and its original audience, the twin task of translating and protecting difference is challenged by the placelessness that surrounds it. This article seeks to examine how the placelessness of performance creates a challenge for translation and considers the extent to which philosophical hermeneutics offers scope for both the explanation and recognition of difference in translation.