Douglas Robinson (Shenzhen Chinese University of Hong Kong), Xiaorui Sun

Translation, Pornography, Performativity

Experimenting with That Dangerous Supplement

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Robinson and Sunâ s book explores the neglected metaphorics of translation in pornography using poststructuralist rethinkings and reframings of porn (and masturbation). It will interest translation studies scholars and students and media scholars interested in the philosophical complexities of performativity.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 290g
• ISBN-13: 9781032981154
• ISBN-10: 1032981156
• Artikelnr.: 72177120

Autorenporträt

Douglas Robinson, Professor of Translation Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, is one of the world's most productive and most respected translation theorists. Xiaorui Sun is Doug's Ph.D. student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Part I: The Performativity of Pornography (and
Translatography) 1. Pornography and Performativity 2. The Perlocutionary
Effect 3. Translation as Resistance and Cooptation Part II: The Unnatural
Iterability of Masturbation (and Translation) 4. That Dangerous Supplement
5. Materializing the Body 6. Dead Performatives (Come Back to Life) Part
III: Toward Experimental Translation 7. Zhuangzi Inside Out 8. Experimental
Translation Conclusion