Borders, Media Crossings and the Politics of Translation: The Gaze from Southern Africa (Routledge Contemporary Africa)

By: Pier Paolo Frassinelli

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Synopsis: This book examines concepts of the border and translation within the context of social and cultural theory through the lens of southern Africa. Borders, Media Crossings and the Politics of Translation studies a diverse range of media representations of borders, imagined borders, border struggles, collectivity boundaries and scenes of translation: films, documentaries, literary texts, photographs, websites and other media texts and artistic interventions. The book makes a case for bringing together media texts and sociocultural experiences across multiple platforms. It argues that this transdisciplinary approach is singularly suited to the age of media convergence, when words, speech, music, videos and images compete for attention on the screens of digital devices where the written, oral, aural and visual are constantly mixed and remixed. But it also reminds the reader of the digital divides linked to socioeconomic, cultural, language and geopolitical borders. With its focus on sociocultural borders and translation, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of media studies, African studies and cultural studies.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 142 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780429639357
Related ISBNs:: 9780367785666, 9780429029387, 9780367139568
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 04/09/21
Copyrighted By:: Pier Paolo Frassinelli. The right of Pier Paolo Frassinelli to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.