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Outline of a sociology of translation informed by the ideas of Pierre Bourdieu
Laura SchultzJean-marc Gouanvicsubject
Linguistics and LanguageTraducció -- Aspectes socialsFrench literary fieldsmedia_common.quotation_subjectAmerican literatureArt historyFieldIllusioLanguage and LinguisticsEducationPower (social and political)Bourdieusian sociology of translation; Field; Habitus; Illusio; American literature; French literary fieldsTranslation studiesHabitusSociologymedia_commonBourdieusian sociology of translationUNESCO::CIENCIAS DE LAS ARTES Y LAS LETRASBourdieu Pierre 1930-2002 -- Crítica i interpretacióField (Bourdieu)HabitusCensorshipTraducción e InterpretaciónRaising (linguistics)Epistemology:CIENCIAS DE LAS ARTES Y LAS LETRAS [UNESCO]Resistance (creativity)American literaturedescription
In this article I put forward a sociology of translation informed by the ideas of Pierre Bourdieu. Founded on a theory of action, this theory may be defined as a theory of translation practice. Translation practice is examined here through the study of the translation of symbolic goods, specifically American literature into French. The notions of ‘field’, ‘habitus’ and ‘illusio’ are briefly analysed and applied to American literature in French. The habitus of Marcel Duhamel and Maurice-Edgar Coindreau are examined, as well as the illusio specific to the science-fiction field. Bourdieusian sociology serves as a foundation for raising questions that are often discussed in translation studies but not dealt with in the article –questions of ethics, censorship, resistance, power...
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2010-01-01 |