The Queerness of Translation

This groundbreaking work explores how scholarship from queer theory can help to bridge the gap between translation studies and other disciplines, including cultural studies, comparative literature, anthropology, philosophy, and history. The book is divided thematically into five sections that highlight a variety of theoretical approaches, drawing on foundational texts in queer theory supported by a global and multilingual range of cultural, literary, and linguistic examples. Key topics include the translator as complex self, translation and transference, a critical look at interpreting in the justice system and how it might be extended to sexual minorities, translation in transgender performance, and translation in relation to recent developments in literary theory. The work concludes by examining future directions for critical work on the relationship between queer theory and translation and the role of translators in giving voice to those seldom heard outside the focus of prevailing academic discussion in these disciplines. This innovative volume will be an enduring resource for scholars in translation studies, gender and sexuality studies, lgbtq studies, comparative literature, and literary theory.