Translation and Identity by Michael Cronin

Translation and Identity by Michael Cronin

Michael Cronin looks at how translation has played a crucial role in shaping debates about identity, language and cultural survival in the past and in the present. He explores how everything from the impact of migration on the curricula for national literature courses, to the way in which nations wage war in the modern era is bound up with urgent questions of translation and identity. Examining translation practices and experiences across continents to show how translation is an integral part of how cultures are evolving, the volume presents new perspectives on how translation can be a powerful tool in enhancing difference and promoting intercultural dialogue. Drawing on a wide range of materials from official government reports to Shakespearean drama and Hollywood films, Cronin demonstrates how translation is central to any proper understanding of how cultural identity has emerged in human history, and suggests an innovative and positive vision of how translation can be used to deal with one of the most salient issues in an increasingly borderless world.

'Everything he writes is interesting..This is a book which will be important for translation studies, as well as for contemporary cultural debates.' - Sherry Simon, Concordia University, Canada

'The book examines translation practices and experiences across continents to show how translation can be a powerful tool in enhancing difference and promoting intercultural dialogue.' - The Irish Times

'Everything he writes is interesting...This is a book which will be important for translation studies, as well as for contemporary cultural debates.' - Sherry Simon, Concordia University, Canada

Cronin, Michael: - Michael Cronin is Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Translation and Textual Studies. He has a B.A. and Ph.D. from Trinity College Dublin and an M.A. from University College Dublin. He is author of Translating Ireland: Translation, Languages, Identities (Cork University Press, 1996) and Across the Lines: Travel, Language and Translation (Cork University Press, 2000), which was awarded the CATS Vinay-Darbelnet Prize. He is co-editor of Unity in Diversity: Current Trends in Translation Studies (St. Jerome 1998) and Reinventing Ireland: Culture, Society and the Global Economy (Pluto Press, 2002).

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ISBN 13	9780415364652
ISBN 10	0415364655
Title	Translation and Identity
Author	Michael Cronin
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Routledge
Year published	2006-04-28
Number of pages	176
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