Translating Women

Gender, the term often used to discuss the effects of sexual differences in cultural, social and political configurations, has become increasingly conflicted. This article touches on this development, and then returns to women as the touchstone of sexual difference in translation studies, reviewing...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Flotow, Luise Von
Format: article
Publication Date:2012
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:93623
Online Access:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/93623
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Women and translation
Feminisms
Metramorphosis
Dona i traducció
Feminismes
Metramorfosi
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Summary:Gender, the term often used to discuss the effects of sexual differences in cultural, social and political configurations, has become increasingly conflicted. This article touches on this development, and then returns to women as the touchstone of sexual difference in translation studies, reviewing historic achievements of feminisms in translation and analyzing/proposing new scholarly directions.