Semiotic Disruption and Negotiations of Authenticity among Argentine Fans of Anglophone Media

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ID2286366
AuthorsMary‐caitlyn Valentinsson (0000-0002-7283-7892, Appalachian State University, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume32
Issue2
Pages345-363
Publication date2022-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Linguistic Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1055-1360 • E-ISSN: 1548-1395
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jola.12355
OpenAlexW4210582365
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited36

This paper investigates how subtitling and dubbing of foreign language media can be interpreted as cases of semiotic disruption, and how this interpretive frame comes to index a cosmopolitan identity among Argentine fans of Anglophone pop culture. The naturalization of voice/body/language assemblages allows fans to frame preferences for subtitles as an obvious consequence of "authentic" fan identity. Discourses of liberal inclusivity and literacy allow them to simultaneously explain others' preferences for dubbing as consequences of class, education, and maturity. I argue that these stance-taking strategies are ways of mitigating the economic precarity of being Argentinean in a global/izing world

Aesthetics · Art · Citizenship · Cosmopolitanism · Frame (networking · Identity (music · Linguistics · Literacy · Media studies · Naturalization · Negotiation · Political science · Precarity · Semiotics · Social science · Sociology · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Subtitles and Audiovisual Media · Translation Studies and Practices

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