Translational Politics in Southeast Asian Literatures - 9780367470234

Taylor & Francis

Translational Politics in Southeast Asian LiteraturesContesting Race, Gender, and Sexuality\nAuthor(s): Grace V. S. Chin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367470234, 978-0367470234\nSynopsis\nHighlighting the interconnections between Southeast Asia and the world through literature, this book calls for a different reading approach to the literatures of Southeast Asia by using translation as the main conceptual framework in the analyses and interpretation of the texts, languages, and cultures of the following countries: Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, and the Philippines.\n\nThrough the theme of translational politics, the contributors critically examine not only the linguistic properties but also the metaphoric, symbolic, and semiotic meanings, images, and representations that have been translated across societies and cultures through local and global consumption and circulation of lite.