Description
Book SynopsisTranslation and Race brings together translation studies with critical race studies for a long-overdue reckoning with race and racism in translation theory and practice. This book explores the unbearable whiteness of translation in the West that excludes scholars and translators of color from the field and also upholds racial inequities more broadly.
Outlining relevant concepts from critical race studies, Translation and Race demonstrates how norms of translation theory and practice in the West actually derive from ideas rooted in white supremacy and other forms of racism. Chapters explore translation's role in historical processes of racialization, racial capitalism and intellectual property, identity politics and Black translation praxis, the globalization of critical race studies, and ethical strategies for translating racist discourse. Beyond attempts to diversify the field of translation studies and the literary translation profession, this book ultimately
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Unbearable Whiteness of Translation 1. From Slavish Translation to Bridge Translation: Translation and/as Racialization 2. Translation and Racial Capitalism 3. Beyond Racial "Diversity": Identity Politics in Translation 4. Translation in Critical Race Studies 5. Translating Racism
