Tymoczko (comparative literature, U. of Massachusetts Amherst) presents 11 papers exploring the role of translation in ideological and political dialogue and struggle at varied times and
places. Topics include the role of translation in helping build the movements that led to Latin American independence from Spain, colonialist translation of the Bible and the subordination of
the Huaorani in the Amazon, the roles of translation and refusal to translate in building Hawaiian power in the second half of the 20th century, the organizational means by which translators
circumvented censorship in Victorian England, subversive sexuality in Hebrew/Israeli translations from 1930 to 1980, translation of Western literature as a challenge to cultural repression in
the Soviet Union, translation and resistance in contemporary African Francophone writing, political translations as resistance to dictatorship in Brazil, and changes in activist translation
strategies across Irish history. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
