Pauline Henry-Tierney
Gebundenes Buch

Translating Transgressive Texts

Gender, Sexuality and the Body in Contemporary Women's Writing in French

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Through close examination of references to gender identity, female sexuality and corporeality, this book is the first of its kind to shed light on the complexities of translating the recent transgressive turn in contemporary women's writing in French.Via four case studies, namely, the translations into English of Nelly Arcan's Putain (2001), Catherine Millet's La Vie sexuelle de Catherine M. (2001), Nancy Huston's Infrarouge (2010) and Nina Bouraoui's Garçon manqué (2000), this book explores how transgressive topoi such as prostitution, anorexia, matrophobia, rape, female desire, and transge...