LEADER 03580nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910777525203321 005 20230617001538.0 010 $a979-88-908800-2-4 010 $a0-8078-7682-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000462065 035 $a(EBL)413251 035 $a(OCoLC)476236518 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000194334 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11166560 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194334 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10232584 035 $a(PQKB)10592707 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL413251 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10273458 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL930247 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC413251 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000462065 100 $a20050610d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLost and found in translation$b[electronic resource] $econtemporary ethnic American writing and the politics of language diversity /$fMartha J. Cutter 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (337 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-5637-1 311 $a0-8078-2977-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [281]-303) and index. 327 $aAn impossible necessity : translation and the re-creation of linguistic and cultural identities in the works of David Wong Louie, Fae Myenne Ng, and Maxine Hong Kingston -- Finding a "home" in translation : John Okada's No-no boy and Cynthia Kadohata's The floating world -- Translation as revelation : the task of the translator in the fiction of N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, Susan Power, and Sherman Alexie -- Learnin--and not learnin--to speak the King's English : intralingual translation in the fiction of Toni Morrison, Danzy Senna, Sherley Anne Williams, and A.J. Verdelle -- The reader as translator : interlingual voice in the writing of Richard Rodriguez, Nash Candelaria, Cherri?e Moraga, and Abelardo Delgado -- Cultural translation and multilingualism in and out of textual worlds. 330 $aExamines the trope of translation in twenty English-language novels and autobiographies by contemporary ethnic American writers. This book argues that these works advocate a politics of language diversity, a literary and social agenda that validates the multiplicity of ethnic cultures and tongues in the United States. 606 $aAmerican literature$xMinority authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLanguage and languages$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aMinorities$zUnited States$xIntellectual life 606 $aCultural pluralism in literature 606 $aEthnic relations in literature 606 $aEthnic groups in literature 606 $aMinorities in literature 606 $aEthnicity in literature 607 $aUnited States$xLanguages 615 0$aAmerican literature$xMinority authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLanguage and languages$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aMinorities$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aCultural pluralism in literature. 615 0$aEthnic relations in literature. 615 0$aEthnic groups in literature. 615 0$aMinorities in literature. 615 0$aEthnicity in literature. 676 $a810.9/920693 700 $aCutter$b Martha J$0754434 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777525203321 996 $aLost and found in translation$93830559 997 $aUNINA