Translation, Identity Negotiation and Symbolic Violence in a Migratory and Heterogeneous World: The case of «The Arrangers of Marriage», by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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https://doi.org/10.24310/TRANS.2019.v0i23.5209Keywords:
migrations, symbolic violence, identity conflict, translation strategy, domestication, hybridityAbstract
We live in a world of migrations, where identity conflicts are increasingly frequent. The power asymmetries between different cultures and the symbolic violence resulting from them condition the attitudes of those who leave their homes to live in a new context. Translation becomes a tool for negotiation in these circumstances. This article will analyse the translation strategies of the characters in «The Arrangers of Marriager», a short story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. In order to do so, we will apply a broad and interdisciplinary definition of translation, in the line of the latest advances in our field.
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