Foreign literature as poison: (self-)censorship in the translation of German popular fiction in Italy during the 1930s.
Between the 1920s and 1930s, the translation of foreign contemporary novels into Italian was encouraged by publishers, meeting the needs of a new readership, which was larger and more heterogeneous than before the war. However, the sharp rise in the number of imported novels provoked strong disappro...
| Published in: | Perspectives: Studies in Translatology Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 852 - 868 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=132135215&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 132135215 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 0907676X S2F jtl: Perspectives: Studies in Translatology issn: 0907676X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2018 vid: 26 iid: 6 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 132135215 10.1080/0907676X.2018.1444070 ppf: 852 ppct: 16 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.2MB tig: atl: Foreign literature as poison: (self-)censorship in the translation of German popular fiction in Italy during the 1930s. aug: au: Barrale, Natascia affil: Istituto Italiano di Studi Germanici, Rome, Italy su: Self-censorship Translations German fiction Readership Italy sug: subj: Italy Self-censorship Translations German fiction Readership keyword: Fascist censorship German popular fiction literary translation self-censorship ab: Between the 1920s and 1930s, the translation of foreign contemporary novels into Italian was encouraged by publishers, meeting the needs of a new readership, which was larger and more heterogeneous than before the war. However, the sharp rise in the number of imported novels provoked strong disapproval. In a context of heightened nationalism and cultural autocracy, translation was considered a polluting, anti-patriotic and servile practice. The censorship that took place, however, was mostly implemented via a tacit compromise between the publishers and the regime, rather than by repressive institutional actions. In order to protect themselves from sanctions and requisitions, publishers and translators often deleted potentially unpleasant elements from the texts, including topics such as abortion, suicide, pacifism, sexuality, women’s emancipation or episodes belittling Italy. The analysis of German popular fiction translated into Italian in this period suggests that popular literature was translated with a high degree of manipulation. This may be ascribed to the low cultural status accorded to this type of literature and the modernity of the themes it contained. Furthermore, while ‘high literature’ catered to a niche readership, the widespread circulation of popular literature made it seem more dangerous and thus more subject to censorship. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Perspectives: Studies in Translatology is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Perspectives: Studies in Translatology holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2018 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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