Gender in Translation by Sherry Simon

Gender in Translation by Sherry Simon

Gender in Translation is a broad-ranging, imaginative and lively look at feminist issues surrounding translation studies. Students and teachers of translation studies, linguistics, gender studies and women's studies will find this unprecedented work invaluable and thought-provoking reading. Sherry Simon argues that translation of feminist texts - with a view to promoting feminist perspectives - is a cultural intervention, seeking to create new cultural meanings and bring about social change. She takes a close look at specific issues which include: the history of feminist theories of language and translation studies; linguistic issues, including a critical examination of the work of Luce Irigaray; a look at women translators through history, from the Renaissance to the twentieth century; feminist translations of the Bible; an analysis of the ways in which French feminist texts such as De Beauvoir's The Second Sex have been translated into English.

'Sherry Simon's work is truly successful in that it provides a comprehensive introduction to translation practice, translation theory and translation history from a gender perspective' - Target

'This is a very fine book indeed ... written in a lucid and smooth style.' - Translation

Sherry Simon is the author of numerous books, including Gender in Translation and Le Trafic des langues. She teaches in the French Studies Department at Concordia University in Montreal.

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ISBN 13	9780415115360
ISBN 10	0415115361
Title	Gender in Translation
Author	Sherry Simon
Series	Translation Studies
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	1996-09-05
Number of pages	206
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