Mulan’s travel from ballad to movie
A case study of inter-modal translation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21727832 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann-Marie Hsiung (I-Shou University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 69-83 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Translation Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-1700 • E-ISSN: 1751-2921 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14781700.2021.1984288 |
| OpenAlex | W4200356514 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 12 |
This research is concerned with the inter-modal translation of Disney’s 1998 animated film Mulan. It treats Disney’s team of adaptors as corporate translators, exploring how their intervention enabled the legendary figure Mulan and the ballad named after her to travel from ancient China to the modern world to serve the artistic and commercial purposes of their patron, the Walt Disney Company. This study examines Mulan’s journey along with the team’s process: first, their research of the source; second, their activation of a two-phase cultural translation, enabling Mulan to enter 1990s America – assimilating her into US culture and fitting her into the Disney Formula. Key alterations and their impact are then scrutinized. This research critically reviews and assimilates prior scholarship, adapting relevant concepts such as traveling theory and post-translation rewriting
Advertising · Art · Ballad · Business · Literature · Media studies · Modal · Poetry · Political science · Rewriting · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Source text · Target culture · Visual arts · Computer Science · Law · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism · Translation Studies and Practices
The Self-Shaping, Other-Shaping, and Influence of Traditional Chinese Culture in Nezha
Changing Perspectives on Mulan
Rethinking knowledge in the making of modernism through the translingual practice of Qiyun shengdong
The Multiple Layers of Mulan’s Legend in Chinese Classical Literature
Representation of Chinese heroes in Chinese and American graphic narratives
The Identity Development of Onscreen Legendary Heroes
A Paratextual Approach to Disney’s New Mulan in China
| Citations per year | 2.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |