Political TV documentary subtitling in China
A critical discourse analysis perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12183296 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jingjing Li (0009-0006-0033-1522, Nankai University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 554-574 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0907-676X • E-ISSN: 1747-6623 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0907676x.2019.1609533 |
| OpenAlex | W2944767809 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 40 |
This study is premised on the hypothesis that subtitling for political documentaries is bound to be the subject of ideo-political manipulation. Given China’s changing socio-political landscape and evolving political representations, it is of interest to examine the forms of mediation enacted by institutions and other parameters at work to influence the subtitling practices of political documentaries. A critical discourse analysis of political documentary translation was thus carried out, not merely as an investigation of the textual features, but also as an integrated socio-cultural projection to account for the subtitling choices. Two TV political documentaries were selected for analysis in terms of the context of production and reception, censorship, subtitling norms and subtitling choices. The findings reveal that although the subtitles in political documentaries can be delivered in a pleasingly functional and mediated form, ideo-political factors still constitute the underlying forms of manipulation that operate in a less visible fashion in the new era of China’s governance
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |