The Right Not to Translate
The Linguistic Stakes of Immigration in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 9250833 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Marlene Hansen Esplin (0000-0002-8857-3238, autor correspondente), Marlene Esplin Marlene Esplin |
| Ano | 2018 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Fascículo | 2 |
| Páginas | 73 |
| Data de publicação | 2018-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Research in African Literatures (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0034-5210 • E-ISSN: 1527-2044 |
| Editora | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/reseafrilite.49.2.05 |
| OpenAlex | W2900181261 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 5 |
| Referências citadas | 4 |
Much of the discussion surrounding Adichie's Americanah centers on her protagonists' trenchant observations about race and identity politics in the United States and her depiction of the harsh realities encountered by the immigrant subject. Less commentary has been directed toward the related feat of the novel being a polyvocal tour de force. In this article, I examine the patent multilingualism of the novel and emphasize ways in which Adichie foregrounds the constant translational negotiations of her protagonists to color the linguistic experience of immigration and illustrate her characters' awareness of how and when they must translate or sublimate their alterity. Through the novel's pronounced heteroglossia, Adichie legitimizes voices outside of the norms of the global literary marketplace and establishes her own capacious and pluralistic idiom
Art · Immigration · Linguistics · Literature · African history and culture studies · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · History · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
| Obras citantes distintas | 5 |
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| Citações por ano | 0,56 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Velocidade de citação | recent |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 5 |