The Transnational Transfer of Book Translations as an Expanding Actor-Network – A Case Study of the Publication of Bronze and Sunflower in the UK and the US.
This paper understands the exportation of book translations across borders as embedded in the uneven power relations between languages and nation-states. It uses actor-network theory (ANT) as an analytical tool to explore the actors involved in bringing a Chinese contemporary children's novel – Bron...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Language, Literature & Culture Vol. 71; no. 2; pp. 186 - 204 |
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