Tag: Representation

April 4, 2023

Representing Translation The Representation of Translation and Translators in Contemporary Media

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Free Download Dror Abend-David, "Representing Translation: The Representation of Translation and Translators in Contemporary Media"
English | ISBN: 1501333879 | 2019 | 248 pages | EPUB | 942 KB
In an increasingly global and multilingual society, translators have transitioned from unobtrusive stagehands to key intercultural mediators-a development that is reflected in contemporary media. From Coppola’s Lost in Translation to television’s House M.D., and from live performance to social media, translation is rendered as not only utilitarian, but also performative and communicative.

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March 29, 2023

Cinema Pessimism A Political Theory of Representation and Reciprocity

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Free Download Cinema Pessimism: A Political Theory of Representation and Reciprocity by Joshua Foa Dienstag
English | December 2, 2019 | ISBN: 0190067713, 0190067721 | True EPUB | 192 pages | 1 MB
Aesthetic and political representation are often treated separately, but this book argues that film offers a unique perspective through which to understand the dangers to equality and freedom that lurk in representative politics. The potential problems of representative democracy have long been debated: does it cultivate apathy and discourage citizen participation? What does it mean to be faithfully or well represented in a democracy? And how can appropriate, meaningful representation be achieved? Here, these questions are addressed from a new perspective.

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